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

2. Howie's first reason that it is okay for brain cells to die is that it's part of a necessary ______.
(a) Sadness.
(b) Winnowing.
(c) Procedure.
(d) Regret.

3. How many times could Howie wear a shirt to work before he had to get it cleaned?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Howie eating the first time he used a straw?

2. What purchase does Howie always need a bag for?

3. What has broken at the beginning of Chapter 2?

4. Howie believes some brain cells need to die in order to gain _______.

5. As a child, Howie loved_____.

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Howie's feeling about ice cube trays?

2. What does Howie mean by "vibratiuncles of comparison"?

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

4. Why does Howie consider the purchase of a rubber stamp to be one of his advancements?

5. What does Howie mean by "the rule of nostalgia"?

6. Why has Howie mostly given up drinking milk?

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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