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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Adam say was central to including Darren?
(a) Jason.
(b) Himself.
(c) Jonathan.
(d) Cody Williams.

2. Why does Jonathan say that he and his friends could not actually go anywhere when he lived abroad?
(a) They were disliked by locals.
(b) They did not know any local languages.
(c) They were never admitted into local culture.
(d) They could not escape their Americanness.

3. What did Adam do after dinner that delighted the Phelpses?
(a) Ignored them.
(b) Cursed at them.
(c) Gave them the time.
(d) Conducted a polite conversation.

4. Who invited Darren to stay and have a beer at Ron Williams’ place?
(a) Ron.
(b) Cody Williams.
(c) Ron’s wife.
(d) Mandy.

5. Whose friends did Adam’s friend protect Darren from?
(a) Reynolds.
(b) Jason.
(c) Mandy.
(d) Cody Williams.

6. How does the narrator characterize Adam’s relationship with the part of his brain that was always composing rap lyrics and making arguments?
(a) It clicked on when he was stressed.
(b) He had to meditate to activate it.
(c) It clicked on whenever it wanted.
(d) He could not turn it off.

7. Where was Jonathan returning the U.S. from, when he recalls being 16, at the beginning of the New York School chapter?
(a) Sydney.
(b) Topeka.
(c) Paris.
(d) Taiwan.

8. Which competitive events did Jane prefer?
(a) Policy.
(b) Extemp.
(c) Declamation.
(d) L-D debates.

9. How does Adam’s mother characterize the author of the purple cow lyric?
(a) A therapist.
(b) A serious writer.
(c) A mental patient.
(d) A children’s book author.

10. What was the special gift Jane received instead of a bicycle for Christmas, as a child?
(a) A toy dog made out of felt.
(b) A wooden box with a false bottom.
(c) A necklace made of polished glass beads.
(d) A painted tin tissue box.

11. What does the narrator say the music and the skating suggested to Darren and his friends?
(a) Power.
(b) Inebriation.
(c) Sex.
(d) Sports.

12. What was Jonathan’s reaction to paying for a sex act at the bath house?
(a) It made him miserable.
(b) It made him mean.
(c) It made him proud.
(d) It filled him with guilt.

13. Jonathan compares his classmate Russell to a character in what book?
(a) Of Mice and Men.
(b) The Sound and the Fury.
(c) Cannery Row.
(d) The Grapes of Wrath.

14. Who did Amber thank for dinner before Jane’s event?
(a) Sima.
(b) Jonathan.
(c) Jane.
(d) Adam.

15. When was Adam in New York having a breakdown about his girlfriend in Spain?
(a) 1997.
(b) 1999.
(c) 1961.
(d) 1991.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Jane told made her Christmas gift special?

2. When Adam understood the language of products, what did he understand them to be saying?

3. How does Jonathan describe the encounter he had with a girl at a bath house?

4. How did Adam’s friends exercise their aggression through language?

5. What were Darren’s friends doing while he puked into the grass at Clinton Lake?

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