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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Howie use the cardboard from his dry cleaned shirts for?
(a) Dustpan.
(b) Tie holder.
(c) Object retriever.
(d) Wallcovering.

2. As a child, Howie loved_____.
(a) Airport luggage carriers.
(b) Tugboats.
(c) Trolley cars.
(d) Freight trains.

3. What is Howie eating the first time he used a straw?
(a) Ice cream.
(b) Pizza.
(c) Hot dog.
(d) Hamburger.

4. What did Howie see for the first time as a child in his best friend's refrigerator?
(a) Milk carton.
(b) Plastic containers.
(c) Coke.
(d) Ice cube trays.

5. What does Howie call his theory for shoelace wearing?
(a) Walk and wear model.
(b) Walking flexion model.
(c) Walking stress model.
(d) Flexible walking.

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

7. Howie's fifth major advance has to do with _____.
(a) Brooms.
(b) Ties.
(c) Cars.
(d) Deodorant.

8. What was the name of Howie's childhood best friend?
(a) Bill.
(b) Fred.
(c) Sam.
(d) John.

9. Howie always needs to have ______ while he walks.
(a) One hand free.
(b) Something to drink.
(c) Something to eat.
(d) A bag.

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

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

12. Who shared Howie's love for transport systems?
(a) Dad.
(b) Mom.
(c) Uncle.
(d) Sister.

13. Who does Howie have fantasies about in Chapter 1?
(a) Papa Gino's clerk.
(b) Tina.
(c) L.
(d) 7-Eleven clerk.

14. What car company does Howie consider to do a good job with knobs?
(a) Chyrsler.
(b) Ford.
(c) Toyota.
(d) Honda.

15. What is the trademark image on the Onondaga Dairy label?
(a) White flower.
(b) Woman in flowing dress.
(c) American Indian child.
(d) River landscape.

Short Answer Questions

1. What adult technique did Howie refine as a child?

2. Howie compares sneaker shoelaces to _________ at the end of Chapter 1.

3. How does Howie's co-worker Ray hurt his back?

4. Howie describes all these "disruptions of physical routines" EXCEPT one.

5. What does Howie describe in great detail in the first paragraph of the book?

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