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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. After returning to New Orleans, why does Kline say that Bobby would make a bad fugitive?
(a) Bobby cannot let go of the wreckage of his life.
(b) Bobby does not know how to keep a low profile.
(c) Bobby cannot bring himself to leave New Orleans.
(d) Bobby desperately wants to fight his fraud charges and win.

2. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 5, what animal does John see at the Absinthe House a while back?
(a) A two-legged dog.
(b) A three toed sloth
(c) A Tongan chimp.
(d) A hairy-eared dwarf lemur.

3. 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?
(a) A gibbering imp.
(b) A dwarf.
(c) A liar.
(d) An incurable nuisance.

4. What does Bobby tell Kline that his sister spends her inheritance money on?
(a) On a Violin.
(b) On a house.
(c) On her college education.
(d) On an engagement ring.

5. In the italicized section of Chapter 6, what does the Kid want to show the girl?
(a) Some new chataquas.
(b) Pages from the Kid's diary.
(c) Some film reels.
(d) Templates from Base One.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 6, what is Bobby doing in Paris?

2. In the italicized section of Chapter 6, what does the girl say happens to the contents of the old steamer trunk?

3. In the italicized section of Chapter 6, what does the girl say that the Kid does to her soul?

4. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 5, what does John say that men truly seek?

5. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 7, what happens when Bobby tries to withdraw money from his bank?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is in the trunk that the Kid brings into the girl's room?

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

3. As a child what does Bobby find in the woods?

4. What is Bobby's response to the IRS agent at the post office?

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

6. After Bobby returns from Tucson and meets up with Kline, why does Bobby say that he cannot get on with his life?

7. Why does Bobby go back Wartburg, Tennessee after his conversation with Asher?

8. One night while Bobby is in Wartburg, Bobby mentions Alice's papers. Who is Alice? What happened to her?

9. Who visits Bobby while he is living alone in a shack by the beach? Why does the person who visits Bobby say that he is there?

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

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