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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Nick's buddy in this story?
(a) Leo.
(b) Leon.
(c) Lee.
(d) Lyle.

2. The story is a conflict between Nick's immaturity and the realization that ____________________.
(a) his mother is terminally ill.
(b) his girl friend no longer loves him.
(c) his father is going to war.
(d) all life eventually comes to an end.

3. What is the plan of the two crooks?
(a) To torch the building.
(b) To kill Nick.
(c) To kill a famous boxer.
(d) To rob the restaurant.

4. Ad has some physical oddities such as a missing ear and __________________.
(a) a missing thumb.
(b) six toes.
(c) a slow heart rate.
(d) a cleft palate.

5. What lie does Nick's father tell his wife?
(a) Somebody ran into the car.
(b) He won't drink anymore.
(c) He gave up smoking.
(d) The other man tried to start the fight.

6. What thought scared Nick when he was alone?
(a) His father was going to war.
(b) His mother had cancer.
(c) He would die young.
(d) He would die one day.

7. Who is the boxer that Nick visits to warn him about the men who want to kill him?
(a) Ole Anderson.
(b) Old Joe.
(c) Ole Joe.
(d) Ole Hanson.

8. How does Nick get his father and uncle to return to camp?
(a) He uses a duck call.
(b) He shoots his rifle into the air.
(c) He calls on his cell.
(d) He texts them.

9. How does Nick's father help the Indian woman?
(a) He calls for air transport.
(b) He drives her to a hospital.
(c) He performs surgery.
(d) He sets her broken bones.

10. Where were Prudence and the boy seen playing?
(a) The school yard.
(b) The playground.
(c) The city park.
(d) The woods.

11. What is unknown about the stories?
(a) Their autobiographical qualities.
(b) Their authenticity.
(c) Their interconnection.
(d) Their authorship.

12. What does the editor say about the stories?
(a) They have never been arranged into a coherent whole.
(b) The author was incoherent.
(c) They are riotously funny.
(d) They are largely incoherent.

13. What type of business does Aunt Halley's husband run?
(a) Grocery.
(b) Hardware.
(c) Dry goods.
(d) Law.

14. What else do Nick and his father discuss as they leave the Indian camp?
(a) Death.
(b) Fishing.
(c) Hunting.
(d) Girls.

15. What is the economic base of the town?
(a) Agriculture.
(b) Manufacturing.
(c) Tourism.
(d) Education.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Nick fear the wardens will send him back to?

2. What nationality is the girl that Nick spends a lot of time with?

3. Where does Nick's father go instead of going back to fight with the man?

4. Who is the soldier who has been drunk for about two solid weeks?

5. How many people are in the vehicle passed by Nick and his friends?

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