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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 does Howie give a historical footnote to in Chapter 6?
(a) Polaroids.
(b) House calls.
(c) Milk cartons.
(d) Ice cube trays.

2. What time of day is it when Howie was driving behind the garbage truck?
(a) Noon.
(b) Early morning.
(c) Late afternoon.
(d) Evening.

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

4. Howie describes all the following transport systems EXCEPT one:
(a) Trolley car.
(b) Timex watch display.
(c) Hot dog rotisserie.
(d) Grocery conveyer.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is inside Howie's CVS bag?

2. Who in Howie's life is allergic to milk?

3. What does Howie describe in the first footnote in Chapter 2?

4. Howie signs the _____ flower on the poster for Ray.

5. The first footnote in Chapter 4 is about ____.

Short Essay Questions

1. What is awkward about Howie trying to sign the poster Tina has gotten for Ray the janitor?

2. Why does Howie purchase a milk carton at Papa Gino's?

3. What does Howie believe to be the four reasons why it is good for brain cells to die?

4. What is Howie's focus in Chapter 3?

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

6. What observations does Howie make about straws while he was at Papa Gino's?

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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