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

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

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

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

5. At what age does Howie start to worry about dying brain cells?
(a) 22.
(b) 10.
(c) 12.
(d) 20.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Howie's first reason that it is okay for brain cells to die is that it's part of a necessary ______.

3. What possession of Howie's is stolen?

4. How long has Howie owned his shoes for work?

5. What word does Howie feel he says too often?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Howie's observations about shoes and feet at work?

2. How does Howie celebrate what he considers to be the realization that he is an adult?

3. What thoughts about bread does Howie have while riding the subway?

4. What compelling realization does Howie remember when driving behind a garbage truck when he is thirty?

5. Where is Howie when he believes that his great period of growth as a human has ended?

6. Howie does Howie's shoelace break?

7. What does Howie notice about his shoes as he reties them in Chapter 4?

8. What were the "systems of local transport" that Howie liked as a child?

9. What is the theory that Howie calls the "walking-flexion" model?

10. How does Howie describe the experience of opening a package of shirts from the dry cleaners?

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