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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 author of the unreadable book?
(a) Albert.
(b) Brice.
(c) Christophe.
(d) Laurent.

2. When was the Army Medical Museum at the Smithsonian?
(a) 1840s to 1880s.
(b) 1860s to 1890s.
(c) 1870s to 1920s.
(d) 1850s to 1900s.

3. What does Pollux fix to eat on inventory day?
(a) Popcorn.
(b) Sandwiches.
(c) Corn soup.
(d) Macaroni and cheese.

4. Before Pollux went to live with his grandmother when he was a boy, how long did his father leave him alone in their apartment?
(a) 2 weeks.
(b) 2 days.
(c) 6 days.
(d) A week.

5. Where is Jarvis's father from?
(a) Santa Fe.
(b) Duluth.
(c) Detroit.
(d) Minneapolis.

6. In "The Mix-up," from what police station does Kateri call Tookie?
(a) 3rd.
(b) 5th.
(c) 2nd.
(d) 1st.

7. Where did the great-grandparents of the author of the unreadable book come from?
(a) Ireland.
(b) Wales.
(c) Czechoslovakia.
(d) Poland.

8. How long after Flora died was she still coming to the bookstore?
(a) 3 days.
(b) 11 days.
(c) 9 days.
(d) 5 days.

9. What nationality was Dissatisfaction's mother?
(a) German.
(b) Italian.
(c) Polish.
(d) French.

10. After inventory, what book by Eileen Myles is Tookie reading?
(a) Inferno.
(b) Cool for You.
(c) Chelsea Girls.
(d) Evolution.

11. What type of house do Tookie and Pollux have?
(a) Bungalow.
(b) 2-story.
(c) Ranch.
(d) Cottage.

12. What is the title of a typewritten note that Tookie finds when she is setting up the till at the end of January?
(a) Augury.
(b) Foretelling.
(c) Clairvoyancy.
(d) Divination.

13. How old was Dissatisfaction when he started reading?
(a) 6.
(b) 4.
(c) 5.
(d) 7.

14. Where is Hetta living in "Rose-Fleshed Trout"?
(a) Las Cruces.
(b) Albuquerque.
(c) Sante Fe.
(d) Farmington.

15. How old was Flora when she died?
(a) 60s.
(b) 80s.
(c) 70s.
(d) 50s.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long was Tookie in a decrepit jail cell because there was no room for her any where else?

2. When does the bookstore make most of their operating expenses for the entire year?

3. What relative did Flora tell people had been Indian?

4. How old was Tookie when she committed her crime?

5. What type of boots is Penstemon Brown wearing after Kateri drops off a book Flora was reading when she died?

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