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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 many people are in the local town band?
(a) 180.
(b) 90.
(c) 45.
(d) 135.

2. What interest rate is Gus promised?
(a) 5%.
(b) 10%.
(c) 3%.
(d) 7%.

3. Near which of the following does Miggy Fludd live?
(a) Route 23.
(b) Interstate 76.
(c) Route 66.
(d) Lincoln Highway.

4. In what country does Malachi come to live?
(a) Switzerland.
(b) Austria.
(c) Poland.
(d) Germany.

5. How many people are lodged in the *institution* where Dodo is held?
(a) 3000.
(b) 1600.
(c) 200.
(d) 4400.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Gus claim to have injured his foot?

2. How many people are lodged in the *ward* where Dodo is held?

3. Who runs Lionel Hampton’s band?

4. To which of the following does Fatty compare himself?

5. What is the name of Moshe’s local skating rink?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Dodo’s deafness help him communicate with Monkey Pants?

2. What understanding of those institutionalized does Miggy report?

3. What is the dominant occupation of the women of Chicken Hill?

4. Why does Dodo assume Chona, Nate, and Addie are angry with him?

5. Why does Fatty absent himself from Chona’s funeral?

6. When does Nate note having heard the South Carolina State marching band?

7. What is the tension surrounding the Afro-Cubans, and how is it resolved?

8. Why are members of a Jewish group in the novel called meat slabs?

9. For what is the site of the local Memorial Day festivities usually used?

10. Why is Fatty worried about Big Soap’s mother arriving in anger at his establishment?

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