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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 Bobby's lunch date's realization that they have in the middle of the night?
(a) There is one God and God is perfect.
(b) There is no God and I am she.
(c) There are many Gods and they do not care about humans.
(d) There is a God and he is ancient.

2. In the italicized section of Chapter 4, what does the girl say that photons are not?
(a) They are not little ping-pong balls.
(b) They are not little tennis balls.
(c) They are not made of shadow.
(d) They are not part of this reality.

3. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 3, what does Bobby find out happened to Oiler.
(a) Oiler met the love of his life.
(b) Oiler died.
(c) Oiler quit working for Taylor's
(d) Oiler is moving permanently to Venezuela.

4. In the italicized section of Chapter 4, what does the girl write in her diary about the purpose of families?
(a) The purpose of families is to create the traitor who will erase their history.
(b) The purpose of families is to be loyal to one another and no one else.
(c) The purpose of families is to create tragedy and then support you through the grief.
(d) The purpose of families is to teach one another about truth and lies.

5. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 4, where in the basement does Bobby find what he is looking for?
(a) In the rafters in the ceiling of the basement.
(b) In floor in the north corner of the basement.
(c) In a hidden closet along the wall.
(d) In the concrete behind the stairs.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 4, what kind of car does Bobby buy after finding what he was looking for in his grandmother's basement?

2. In the italicized section of Chapter 4, who does the girl's dressing table originally belong to?

3. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 3, what kind of pet does Bobby have?

4. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 4, where does Bobby go after eating at the bar?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the fire start in Bianca's apartment?

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

3. What does Oiler say that he regrets the most about his time in Vietnam?

4. Does Bobby find anything on his search of the cluster of islands?

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

6. At the beginning of Chapter 4, what appears in the night at the girl's window that makes her whisper Bobby's name?

7. After talking to Oiler about Venezuela, what does Bobby notice about his apartment?

8. Who is the bathless one and what does he do?

9. While Bobby is sitting in the cathedral, what does Bobby remember his sister saying about the afterlife and God?

10. 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.

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