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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. How does Cal describe Deb's diet in Chapter 1?
(a) She is vegan.
(b) She is omnivarian.
(c) She is pescatarian.
(d) She is vegetarian.

2. To what floor does Leon take Cal in the beginning of Chapter 11?
(a) The second floor.
(b) The third floor.
(c) The sixth floor.
(d) The tenth floor.

3. What does Cal refer to as his porkpie hat with a wide brim in Chapter 10?
(a) His George Michael hat.
(b) His Dr. Seuss hat.
(c) His John Mayer hat.
(d) His Buster Keaton hat.

4. What is Brendan's last name?
(a) Roberts.
(b) Lewis.
(c) James.
(d) Stein.

5. What magazine does Cal say Leon's family was on the cover of in Chapter 9?
(a) Time.
(b) Sports Life.
(c) People.
(d) The New Yorker.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what spacecraft did the first African American female astronaut go to space?

2. Where is Cal supposed to start an internship next week in Chapter 3?

3. How does Cal describe his diet in Chapter 1?

4. What is the name of Cal's mother?

5. What does Calvin buy at the store where he meets Deb in the Lower East Side in Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Cal's social media outlet, and what is his standing in the beginning of the novel?

2. What does Cal learn about Leon in Chapter 9? How does he react?

3. Who does Cal interview at NASA in Chapter 12? Why does this become important?

4. Why is Cal at a community garden in Chapter 8?

5. What was the Challenger and why is it referenced in the novel?

6. How does Cal know Deb?

7. Where do Cal and Leon kiss for the first time? What happens after they kiss?

8. How does Cal describe the way he is perceived by others in the opening of the novel?

9. Who is Mark Bannon in the novel?

10. Who is Jeremy and what role does he play in the novel?

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