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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 does Bobby tell Kline happened two year earlier at his grandmother's family house in Tennessee?
(a) People came to try and take Bobby's sister away.
(b) Guys in suits came and gave Bobby a lot of medals and a check and said it was owed to his father.
(c) All of Bobby's father's papers were taken, along with family letter and photo albums.
(d) Guys in suits came to question Bobby's grandmother about Bobby's father.

2. In the italicized section of Chapter 6, what does the girl say that the Kid does to her soul?
(a) Enlivens it.
(b) Warps it.
(c) Erases it.
(d) Endarkens it.

3. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 5, what does John say is more binding than blood?
(a) Being in love with the same woman.
(b) Reading the same few dozen books.
(c) Having a similar difficult experience.
(d) Being in the same profession.

4. What is another of Bobby's nicknames for John?
(a) Mossy Creek.
(b) Ancient One.
(c) Tall Oak.
(d) 'Bama.

5. In the italicized section of Chapter 5, what is the girl writing in her notebook when the Kid wants to look at it?
(a) Shorthand notes on Gabelsberger.
(b) Architectural designs.
(c) Technical drawings of violins.
(d) Musical compositions.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does Bobby try writing letters during the winter while he is on leave from New Orleans?

2. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 7, who does Bobby visit with when he visits the hospital?

3. In the italicized section of Chapter 5, after the girl wakes up in the recovery room, how does the Kid look?

4. In the italicized section of Chapter 8, what does the girl bring to her neighbor's apartment?

5. In the italicized section of Chapter 5, what does the girl call the Kid when he asks her why he gets no respect from her?

Short Essay Questions

1. In the opening of the non-italicized section of Chapter 6, where is Bobby and what is he doing?

2. What does the IRS do to Bobby?

3. How does the person that Bobby meets with after talking to the guys in suits know that Bobby's sister was beautiful?

4. In the italicized section of Chapter 5, what does the Kid tell the girl about math and reality before she goes to bed?

5. Who shows up in the girl's recovery room? How do they look? What is the girl's response?

6. In Chapter 5, when Bobby meets Sheddan for lunch, at the beginning of their conversation how does Sheddan describe Bobby as an archetypal figure?

7. What happens to Bobby's pet while Bobby is away on the jack-up rig? How does it happen?

8. Where does Bobby go to live for the winter after having his conversation with Kline about Bobby getting on with his life?

9. What does the girl say to the Kid about why she does not write down her mathematical conjectures?

10. After Bobby's meeting with the IRS agent, he meets up with Kline. What does Kline say about the shape of his own life and how is that a contrast to Bobby's life?

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