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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In describing his first visit to Veronica's parents' home in Chapter 1, the narrator says, "I was so ill at ease that I spent the entire weekend" what (56)?
(a) "Thowing up."
(b) "Pacing."
(c) "Chain-smoking."
(d) "Constipated."

2. What does the narrator describe Old Joe Hunt always wearing in Chapter 1?
(a) A three-piece suit.
(b) A baseball cap.
(c) A coat jacket and jeans.
(d) A striped sweater and slacks.

3. How old was Susan when she married?
(a) 24.
(b) 30.
(c) 29.
(d) 19.

4. How many siblings does the narrator describe Adrian as having in Chapter 1?
(a) One.
(b) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) Four.

5. What is the river that runs upstream lit by, according to the narrator in Chapter 1?
(a) Torchbeams.
(b) Moonlight.
(c) Headlights.
(d) Candlelight.

6. What is Veronica's last name?
(a) Webster.
(b) Ford.
(c) Williams.
(d) Frank.

7. When did Alex say he had seen Adrian when meeting with the narrator to discuss his suicide in Chapter 1?
(a) Three months ago.
(b) One month ago.
(c) Two months ago.
(d) Three weeks ago.

8. When going to visit Veronica's parents, the narrator worried that his suitcase was so big it make him look like what?
(a) A hanger-on.
(b) A hobo.
(c) An obsessive compulsive freak.
(d) A potential burglar.

9. With whom was Adrian presumably in love when he committed suicide?
(a) Annie.
(b) Veronica.
(c) Maria.
(d) Sarah.

10. Where did Veronica's famliy live when she was in college?
(a) Oxford.
(b) Sutton.
(c) Kent.
(d) The West End.

11. Who wrote to the narrator to inform him of Adrian's suicide?
(a) Mr. Ford.
(b) Mrs. Ford.
(c) Alex.
(d) Colin.

12. What word from Chapter 1 means unsophisticated and socially awkward?
(a) Gauche.
(b) Gregarious.
(c) Elusive.
(d) Petulant.

13. What does QED stand for?
(a) Quod erat demonstrandum.
(b) Query expecting delivery.
(c) Quit educating delinquents.
(d) Quarter educational denouement.

14. Which of his friends does the narrator describe as denouncing his family in Chapter 1?
(a) Alex.
(b) Adrian.
(c) Colin.
(d) Paul.

15. What set Adrian Finn apart from the other boys, according to the narrator in Chapter 1?
(a) He was new to the school.
(b) He came from a two-parent home.
(c) He was mentally disabled.
(d) He was physically disabled.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator says in Chapter 1 after Adrian's death that "in the law's view, if you killed yourself you were by definition" what (97)?

2. What does the narrator say he and his friends regarded as "a crypto-fascist plan for repressing our sex drive" (18)?

3. Of what poet did Phil Dixon say "Of course, we're all wondering what will happen when he runs out of animals" (16)?

4. Where did the narrator go to meet his friend to discuss Adrian's suicide after he arrived home?

5. Phil Dixon related to his class that T. S. Eliot claimed it is all about what, according to the narrator in Chapter 1?

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