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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. These from number 117 are proof of what?
(a) All that a person needs.
(b) Everything has grown more expensive.
(c) A careful person who works, saves receipts, and pays his taxes.
(d) Some things can still be purchased for under a dollar.

2. How does Andy try to dissuade Damian?
(a) By naming some people who really take risks in life.
(b) Becoming a celebrity artist is very difficult.
(c) Being a celebrity artist takes more risk than one would think.
(d) Being a celebrity artist is not always fun.

3. What does Andy do before the big event that evening?
(a) He goes grocery shopping.
(b) He works.
(c) He goes out to dinner.
(d) He goes to his room to nap.

4. Andy is immediately annoyed by the direction of the conversation and tells Damian what?
(a) He does not want to talk about this topic.
(b) He would like her to leave.
(c) Being an artist is just another job.
(d) He would rather not talk to her.

5. With what can Andy not be bothered?
(a) Pennies.
(b) Other people.
(c) Dollar bills.
(d) A wallet.

6. Andy is tired from the long flight and wishes that he could sleep in the lobby. Why?
(a) The lobby of any hotel is always much nicer than the rooms.
(b) He does not want to have to get up.
(c) The lobby chairs are comfortable.
(d) He is too tired to go to his room.

7. In what does Andy delight when walking around the store?
(a) Looking at the shoppers around him.
(b) Looking rich and buying things to store on his bedroom windowsill.
(c) Looking at all the beautiful things to buy.
(d) Looking at people stare at him.

8. To Andy's way of thinking, people compartmentalize their thoughts into what?
(a) Lists of things to do in their minds.
(b) Schools of thought in their minds.
(c) Condominium-like spaces in their minds.
(d) Time lines of thought in their minds.

9. Why does Andy feel conflicted about his art?
(a) It never turns out as he plans.
(b) Others like it more than he does.
(c) It is not as good as he would like it to be.
(d) It will waste people's space.

10. Why does Andy consider himself to be truly American?
(a) Because of his penchant for buying things.
(b) Because he was born in the United States.
(c) Because he is an American artist.
(d) Because of his accent.

11. What do the two discuss?
(a) The many languages spoken in Europe and the possibility of the use of one currency.
(b) Intermarriage in Europe and the wars that have been waged against family members.
(c) The monarchies of Europe and the easy train transportation.
(d) The wealth of Europe and the beautiful ruins.

12. What do B and Andy discuss?
(a) The cost of food.
(b) The law of diminishing returns regarding socks.
(c) The need for beauty products to cover blemishes and the fact that the products also cause the blemishes.
(d) The price of underwear.

13. Andy admires people who can use space wisely with what?
(a) Words.
(b) Thought.
(c) Art.
(d) Sound.

14. What is significant about the abrupt style in a book filled with rambling statements?
(a) It is less important than the rest of the book.
(b) It is unnatural.
(c) It shows how much more important this chapter is than the others.
(d) It mimics the sometimes abrupt nature of death.

15. What could this chapter represent?
(a) Someone changing the topic of a conversation due to its uncomfortable nature.
(b) Someone meeting someone for the first time.
(c) Someone planning for wedding.
(d) Someone expressing his love for another.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Andy love folding money and notes?

2. What does the trio discuss about the race car drivers?

3. What is annoying Andy about his room?

4. To what other artist does Andy compare himself?

5. The fact that Andy will not relinquish his big bag when shopping at the grocery makes it appear that what is happening?

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