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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. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 2, what is the name of the of the office manager at the Taylor's?
(a) Lou.
(b) Dennis.
(c) Frank.
(d) Kevin.

2. In the Italicized section of the Chapter 1, in what city does the Kid find the girl?
(a) In New York.
(b) In Los Angeles.
(c) In Chicago.
(d) In Portland.

3. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 1, what is the model name of the downed plane?
(a) JetStar.
(b) AirBus.
(c) DreamLiner.
(d) Concorde.

4. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 4, what does Bobby's paternal grandfather do as a profession?
(a) He is a watchmaker.
(b) He is a patent clerk.
(c) He is a chemist and engineer.
(d) He is a pilot.

5. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 3, where is Oiler going on his next dive job?
(a) Argentina.
(b) Chile.
(c) Brazil.
(d) Venezuela.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 1, who does John say that Bobby is in love with?

2. In the italicized section of Chapter 4, who does the carpentry to fix up the girl's room?

3. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 3, what does Bobby find out happened to Oiler.

4. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 3, where does Bobby move to after moving out of his apartment?

5. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 2, why does Bobby's lunch friend say they tried to kiss their elbow after falling out of tree?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Bobby and Oiler doing off the coast of Mississippi as the non-italicized section of Chapter 1 opens?

2. What does Bobby find in his paternal grandmother's basement after her funeral?

3. How does the Kid talk? What is the reader's impression of the Kid from the ways he talks and the language that he uses.

4. How does the Kid feel about almost all the acts that he brings up? How does he generally end them that gives a clue as to how he feels?

5. What is Oiler going to do on his dive job in Venezuela?

6. What is Oiler's attitude about his time in Vietnam?

7. In the beginning of Chapter 2, What is Bobby thinking about as he sits in the cathedral?

8. What is the job that Bobby and Red go on in Port Sulphur?

9. Why is the Kid called the Thalidomide Kid?

10. What does Debussy go home to tell her mother about?

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