View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Art's goal?
(a) To get into law school.
(b) To move to California.
(c) To grow bigger and bigger and bigger.
(d) To stop smoking.

2. In what season does the book take place?
(a) Winter.
(b) Spring.
(c) Fall.
(d) Summer.

3. Which of the following does Phlox NOT say she has been?
(a) Seamstress.
(b) Prep school student.
(c) Reborn Christian.
(d) Hooker.

4. Which of the following does NOT describe Riri's home?
(a) Extravagant.
(b) Exotic.
(c) Ornate.
(d) Conservative.

5. What happens to Happy, the Bellwethers' collie in Chapter 7?
(a) She gets hit by a car.
(b) She learns to play dead.
(c) She goes to obedience school.
(d) She is mated with the neighbor's dogs.

6. With what subconscious fear does Art live?
(a) Never getting married.
(b) Dying young.
(c) Spiders.
(d) His father's mobster activities.

7. Where does Art work during the day?
(a) Barnes & Noble.
(b) Borders Books.
(c) Books & Co.
(d) Boardwalk Books.

8. What game do Art and Phlox play at the bar?
(a) Resident Evil.
(b) Super Mario 3.
(c) Pac-Man.
(d) Footsie.

9. Who is Cleveland's sister?
(a) Anna.
(b) Annette.
(c) Ann Arbor.
(d) Lauren.

10. Who wants to call the Bellwethers to tell them what happened to Happy?
(a) Jane.
(b) Riri.
(c) Arthur.
(d) Teddy's mother.

11. Who does Arthur invite to visit him while he is housesitting?
(a) Riri.
(b) Art.
(c) Emily.
(d) Chad.

12. What does Art feel when he sees Arthur and Phlox walking down the street?
(a) Love.
(b) Jealousy.
(c) Hate.
(d) Anger.

13. What does Phlox think about Arthur's homosexuality?
(a) It doesn't matter to her.
(b) It's something she never knew.
(c) It kind of bothers her.
(d) It is disgusting.

14. With what had Mrs. Bellwether once beat the collie on the head?
(a) A ball bat.
(b) A hammer.
(c) A fly swatter.
(d) A newspaper.

15. Why do Art and his father have to leave the restaurant?
(a) Art begins to cry.
(b) Art's father won't put out his cigarette.
(c) Art's father berates a waiter.
(d) Art's father has had too much to drink.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT one of Art's concerns about the French literature Phlox will have to read?

2. Why must Art keep Happy locked in the basement?

3. What is the Cloud Factory?

4. Where does Art's father live?

5. Phlox is quite bright but _____________.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 405 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample