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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dangerfield give to the young boy he runs into?
(a) Nothing.
(b) A few coins.
(c) The bike.
(d) His hat.

2. What does Dangerfield bring back to Marion as a peace offering?
(a) Roses.
(b) Chocolates.
(c) Perfume.
(d) Fashion magazine.

3. Who comes to the new house looking for Dangerfield?
(a) O'Keefe.
(b) Chris.
(c) Skully.
(d) Morgan.

4. What is the content of the note that Marion has left for Dangerfield?
(a) She has moved.
(b) She does not love him anymore.
(c) Her father has died.
(d) She got a new job.

5. What does Dangerfield buy in a store on the way home from the bus station?
(a) Milk.
(b) Sandwiches.
(c) Cigarettes.
(d) Whiskey.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does Dangerfield write a letter complaining about his financial woes?

2. What does Marion want Dangerfield to have fixed?

3. Who is the woman who rents out the sitting room in the new house?

4. What plan does Dangerfield make when he grows bored at home?

5. Which of the following does Dangerfield NOT charge at a store?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Kenneth O'Keefe and where does Dangerfield invite him to go in Chapter 1?

2. Why are O'Keefe's challenges in having sex partly of his own making?

3. What does Chris learn about Dangerfield and Marion's sex life and what does Dangerfield reveal about wanting to have sex with Chris?

4. Who was Blessed Oliver Plunkett?

5. What is the result of Dangerfield's embarrassment about the train incident?

6. Who is Lily Frost?

7. How does the impoverished Dangerfield secure food for O'Keefe and himself?

8. How does Dangerfield view his wife and child and his life in general?

9. Has Dangerfield's life improved from moving from the rickety house to the house in the city?

10. How do Dangerfield and Marion feel about living in the new house?

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