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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 4, at the end of his trip, where does Bobby call to talk to his sister?
(a) The Absinthe House.
(b) Jimmy Anderson's bar.
(c) Mosca's Restaurant.
(d) Their maternal grandmother's house.

2. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 3, who does Oiler say came calling on him?
(a) Guys from the manufacturers of downed plane.
(b) Long John.
(c) Guys from a competing Dive company.
(d) The same guys in suits that interviewed Bobby.

3. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 4, where does Bobby go after eating at the bar?
(a) To Taylor's operations office.
(b) To a cathedral.
(c) Back to his old apartment.
(d) To meet Long John.

4. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 1, what is Long John's nickname for Bobby?
(a) The good doctor.
(b) Knight.
(c) Friar.
(d) Squire.

5. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 1, what started the fire in Bianca's apartment?
(a) Cats soaked in paint thinner.
(b) Her dog knocked over a kerosene lamp.
(c) Her pet bird knocked over a lit candle.
(d) Mice taking matches and leaving them under a heat lamp.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the italicized section of Chapter 4, what does the girl write in her diary about the purpose of families?

2. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 1, what is Bobby's job?

3. In the italicized section of Chapter 4, why does the Kid say that he came first without his cohorts?

4. In the prologue, what color is the girl's dress?

5. In the Italicized section of the Chapter 1, what chemical compound is the first part of the Kid's full name?

Short Essay Questions

1. After talking to Oiler about Vietnam, what do the guys in suits want to know from Bobby about the downed plane?

2. Of the Kid's cohorts, who is the only one that the girl cares about? Why does the kid not summon her for the girl?

3. What happens to Bobby that ends his time racing cars?

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

5. Where does Bobby move in after taking all his belongings out of his apartment?

6. Why is the Kid called the Thalidomide Kid?

7. Before the girl ends her life in the Wisconsin woods, who comes to see her a final time in her room in Chicago?

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

9. 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?

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

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