The Topeka School Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Ben Lerner
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 157 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Topeka School Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Ben Lerner
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 157 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wrote the story about Ziegler?
(a) Nikolai Gogol.
(b) Italo Calvino.
(c) Franz Kafka.
(d) Hermann Hesse.

2. What drugs had Jonathan and Jane taken when they went to the Met?
(a) Cocaine.
(b) Marijuana.
(c) Mushrooms.
(d) Acid.

3. What did Jonathan and Jane leave at the museum when they left?
(a) Their coats.
(b) The books they had bought.
(c) Their wallets.
(d) Their lunch.

4. What was the first instance Jane recalled of watching herself ignore her own knowledge?
(a) Learning that her painted tissue box was a lie.
(b) Reading during her graduate studies, which she did not realize she identified with.
(c) Burying her memory of her father’s abuse.
(d) Neglecting to buy airline tickets.

5. Who of Adams friends and family could he recognize by name after his concussion?
(a) Jason.
(b) Sima.
(c) Jane.
(d) Jonathan.

6. What did Darren see as a metaphor for the barrier between waking and sleeping?
(a) Plastic wrappers on meat.
(b) Trap doors.
(c) The paper banner cheerleaders held for football players.
(d) Windows.

7. What does Darren say has been hanging in space all his life?
(a) His mother’s face.
(b) A knife.
(c) The sun.
(d) A cue ball.

8. Where did Darren have a job?
(a) A grocery store.
(b) An auto repair shop.
(c) An Army surplus store.
(d) A junkyard.

9. What was Dr. Erwood’s specialty at the Topeka Foundation?
(a) Recuperating lost boys.
(b) Psychopharmacology.
(c) Psychophysiology.
(d) Talk therapy.

10. What was Jonathan studying for his dissertation?
(a) Music.
(b) Speech shadowing.
(c) Debate techniques.
(d) Glossolalia.

11. How does the narrator say Darren sees life?
(a) As a dance.
(b) As a video game.
(c) As a zoo.
(d) As a roller rink.

12. How far apart were Adam and Jason born?
(a) 4 months.
(b) 4 years.
(c) 4 weeks.
(d) 4 days.

13. Where is Darren when the novel begins?
(a) The Army Surplus store.
(b) A lake.
(c) The woods.
(d) A police station.

14. Where would Darren put the things he had dreamed about and found?
(a) In the big pockets of his cargo pants.
(b) Under his bed.
(c) In a painted box he kept.
(d) In a duffel bag.

15. Where were Jonathan and his first wife married?
(a) A country club.
(b) On the beach.
(c) In a Catholic church.
(d) City Hall.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the narrator say is from the town Adam goes to debate in?

2. What does Darren’s mother complain about?

3. How long does the narrator say it will take Adam to see the connection between Amber’s story and her actions?

4. What kind of car does Darren see himself driving?

5. What kind of gun did Darren have?

(see the answer keys)

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