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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the girl Sean is most attracted to?
(a) Judy,.
(b) Candice.
(c) Deirdre.
(d) Roxanne.

2. When Paul thinks he figures out who is leaving notes for Sean, what does he leave in that girl's mailbox?
(a) A photograph of Sean.
(b) A dead mouse.
(c) Nothing. Paul doesn't care who this girl is.
(d) Cigarette butts.

3. How does Sean react when Paul tells him that he is leaving to visit with his mother?
(a) He is disappointed.
(b) He is confused.
(c) He is apathetic.
(d) He is jealous.

4. How does the narrator of the novel succeed in luring two men back to her bedroom?
(a) By offering them drugs.
(b) By offering them sex.
(c) By offering them booze.
(d) By offering them food.

5. How does Victor spend most of his time while on vacation?
(a) Drunk.
(b) Depressed.
(c) Sight seeing.
(d) Jetlagged.

6. What is the name of the family friends that will be joining Paul's mother on her little vacation?
(a) The Camdens.
(b) The Kings.
(c) The Jareds.
(d) The Harolds.

7. Which of the following is NOT a country Victor visits while on vacation?
(a) Netherlands.
(b) Spain.
(c) France.
(d) Greece.

8. Which of the following girls is NOT present at the conversation where gossip about Sara's pregnancy takes center stage?
(a) Lauren.
(b) Roxanne.
(c) Katrina.
(d) Judy.

9. What reason did Henry give for wanting to kill himself?
(a) He found out he was adopted.
(b) He found out he has a venereal disease.
(c) He found out his girlfriend was cheating on him.
(d) He found out he was failing school.

10. Why does Sean invite Paul to go for a meal with him?
(a) Because he thinks Paul is rich.
(b) Because he is really hungry.
(c) Because he is desperate for some attention.
(d) Because he thinks Paul is attractive.

11. What is Daniel Miller studying at college?
(a) Art.
(b) Creative Writng.
(c) Drama.
(d) Psychology.

12. Why doesn't Paul want to leave school to visit with his mom?
(a) Because he doesn't want to leave Sean alone.
(b) Because he doesn't like to travel.
(c) Because he doesn't want to miss his classes.
(d) Beacause he doesn't like his mother.

13. In which city does Paul's mother request to have a meeting with her son?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Boston.
(c) New York City.
(d) Detroit.

14. When Lauren skips classes, what does she typically do?
(a) Exercise in the college pool.
(b) Pine over Victor.
(c) Go to the movie theater.
(d) Smoke marijuana.

15. Which of the following is NOT one of the ways Lauren fantasizes about Victor while he is on vacation?
(a) Sick.
(b) Hungry.
(c) Tired.
(d) Lonely.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Lauren bump into her post-modern professor, who confronts her about not attending the study-groups for his class?

2. Why is the narrator of the novel so determined to get two men back to her bedroom?

3. How much money does Marc owe to Sean for drugs?

4. What President's assassination does Marc credit for the drug culture of his generation?

5. What type of songs do the foreign men attempt to teach Victor at the nude beach?

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