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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word does Howie feel he says too often?
(a) Actually.
(b) Swell.
(c) Superb.
(d) Certainly.

2. Who was the most help to Howie when he was learning to tie shoes?
(a) His grandfather.
(b) His friend.
(c) His father.
(d) His mother.

3. Howie connected learning how to tie shoes with a couplet by _____.
(a) Emerson.
(b) Pope.
(c) Wordsworth.
(d) Shakespeare.

4. What possession of Howie's is stolen?
(a) Wallet.
(b) Watch.
(c) Car.
(d) Hat.

5. What does Howie spend considerable time thinking about on the subway?
(a) Milk.
(b) Bread.
(c) Clothes.
(d) Love.

6. What was Howie's first glimpse into the social contract as a child?
(a) School.
(b) Milk delivery.
(c) Mail delivery.
(d) Dry cleaners.

7. What were the doorknobs made of in Howie's childhood home?
(a) Glass.
(b) Brass.
(c) Wood.
(d) China.

8. What is the first footnote in Chapter 6 about?
(a) House calls.
(b) Shirts.
(c) Ice cube trays.
(d) Milk cartons.

9. What time does Howie enter his office building at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Nine o'clock.
(b) One o'clock.
(c) Two o'clock.
(d) Noon.

10. Howie's first footnote is about _______.
(a) Moving objects.
(b) Escalators.
(c) Straws.
(d) Milk.

11. What would Howie eat to get rid of bad breath?
(a) Apple.
(b) Celery.
(c) Mint.
(d) Carrots.

12. What did Howie's father hang on the doorknobs of their home?
(a) Ties.
(b) Bells.
(c) Signs.
(d) Belts.

13. What coincidence about ___does Tina relate to Howie?
(a) Cars.
(b) Trash cans.
(c) Smoke detectors.
(d) Phones.

14. Who else rode the escalator with Howie and his mom?
(a) Uncle.
(b) Cousin.
(c) Sister.
(d) Dad.

15. Howie considers 1971 to be the end of ___________.
(a) Milk delivery.
(b) Innocence.
(c) House calls.
(d) Childhood.

Short Answer Questions

1. Howie's seventh major advance has to do with the purchase of a ________.

2. Howie describes all the following transport systems EXCEPT one:

3. How old is Howie when he feels like he has reached adulthood?

4. How many times could Howie wear a shirt to work before he had to get it cleaned?

5. What does Howie decline from the clerk at Papa Gino's?

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