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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 prompts Art to go to the restroom and vomit?
(a) Lenny speaks about Art's mother.
(b) Art has the flu.
(c) Art ate some bad seafood.
(d) Art's hamburger was not cooked properly.

2. Which notorious gangster arrives at the restaurant and sits with Art and his father?
(a) The Bull.
(b) Jimmy the Nose.
(c) Artie Two Times.
(d) Uncle Lenny.

3. Whose motorcycle helmet does Art wear?
(a) Cleveland's.
(b) Art's.
(c) Cleveland's sister's.
(d) Cleveland's brother's.

4. Who is Arthur talking to on the phone when he pretends to be Art?
(a) Riri.
(b) Phlox.
(c) Art's father.
(d) Cleveland.

5. What does Cleveland break while running toward some men he knows?
(a) His leg.
(b) His hip.
(c) His glasses.
(d) His ankle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a looming question in Art's world?

2. Why does Arthur's mother stop by the apartment?

3. How does Cleveland die?

4. What does Art realize when he and Arthur go swimming?

5. In what type of place does Cleveland live?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the irony revealed when Arthur's mother comes to the apartment with mended clothes?

2. Explain the pull between Art and Cleveland.

3. Explain how Art's lack of real friendship in his life has driven him to behave the way he does with Cleveland, Phlox and Arthur.

4. Why does Art have such a hard time choosing between Phlox and Arthur?

5. How does Phlox meet Art's father?

6. What seems to be Art's routine of how he spends his days and nights this summer?

7. What is Cleveland's demeanor at the beginning of Chapter 22?

8. How does the author insinuate that Art's mother's death was somehow mob related?

9. Why is Art uncomfortable knowing that the other gangsters know who he is?

10. What is the symbolism of the cicadas for Art's life?

(see the answer keys)

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