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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many shirts does Howie own when he first started working at the mezzanine?
(a) Five.
(b) Two.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

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

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

4. What is inside Howie's CVS bag?
(a) Earplugs.
(b) A cookie.
(c) Nude magazine.
(d) Shoelaces.

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

6. Who is Howie sending a memo to right before going to lunch?
(a) Abe.
(b) Scott.
(c) Bill.
(d) Tina.

7. Howie compares sneaker shoelaces to _________ at the end of Chapter 1.
(a) Dress shoelaces.
(b) Spaghetti.
(c) Velcro.
(d) Vinyl shoelaces.

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

9. Who in Howie's life is allergic to milk?
(a) Sister.
(b) Mom.
(c) L.
(d) Abe.

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

11. Howie thinks ______ signals to the world that he has a rich, busy life.
(a) Bags.
(b) Car.
(c) Suit.
(d) Briefcase.

12. What does Howie consider to be a "nice laboratorial word"?
(a) Sealtight.
(b) Sealtest.
(c) Sealright.
(d) Sealant.

13. Howie's fascination with clothing short-cuts started with watching _____.
(a) PBS.
(b) His mother.
(c) L.
(d) His father.

14. Howie says all of these have gone through disorienting changes EXCEPT one.
(a) Gas pumps.
(b) Escalators.
(c) Milk containers.
(d) Transit buses.

15. What has broken at the beginning of Chapter 2?
(a) Stapler.
(b) Left shoelace.
(c) Escalator.
(d) Right shoelace.

Short Answer Questions

1. What time does Howie enter his office building at the beginning of the novel?

2. What does Howie use the cardboard from his dry cleaned shirts for?

3. What coincidence about ___does Tina relate to Howie?

4. What car company does Howie consider to do a good job with knobs?

5. What would Howie eat to get rid of bad breath?

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