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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. When was there a Milton in the first class of Harvard College?
(a) 1739.
(b) 1811.
(c) 1804.
(d) 1642.

2. In Chapter 11, what percent of Communists in the U.S. does Ogden say are Jews?
(a) 90%.
(b) 85%.
(c) 45%.
(d) 65%.

3. In Chapter 16, how many of Moss's pieces had been played in the Village?
(a) 8.
(b) 3 or 4.
(c) 2 or 3.
(d) 5.

4. At the end of Chapter 6, how long had it been since Neddy's death?
(a) 2 years.
(b) 8 months.
(c) A year.
(d) 10 months.

5. What day of the week did Len start perusing old records at his desk in Chapter 16?
(a) Tuesday.
(b) Wednesday.
(c) Monday.
(d) Friday.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 11, what did Kitty point out when Elsa was telling how Hitler was moving toward war?

2. Where was Elsa's husband taken when he was arrested?

3. In what class did Evie meet her husband?

4. In Chapter 16, where did Len keep remembering seeing the girl who had the seizure one day?

5. What was the date at the beginning of Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Mrs. Ames prepared for the Milton's arrival in June of 1959?

2. What photograph do Evie and Paul discuss in Chapter 17?

3. In the beginning of the novel, what do men in a boat see when they come to Crockett's Island?

4. How did Len and Reg meet?

5. In Chapter 5, what would Gerhard and Elsa do in Chapter 5?

6. In Chapter 7, what picture does Evie have of her grandparents?

7. What did Reg and Len see when they went to Moss's party in Chapter 16?

8. What does Evie think about her mother in Chapter 2?

9. What were Kitty's thoughts in Chapter 1, as she headed to the Philharmonic?

10. What is Evie's career, and what is she known for?

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