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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Jane told made her Christmas gift special?
(a) It was one of a kind.
(b) It was created specifically for her.
(c) It was made for her in particular.
(d) It was painted by trained animals.

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

3. Why was a particular person central to including Darren?
(a) To atone for having hit him once.
(b) Out of spite.
(c) Because he enjoyed mocking him.
(d) Out of progressive optimistic values.

4. Where did Darren get a drink on his walk home?
(a) A convenience store.
(b) A McDonalds.
(c) A hose outside a house.
(d) A glass inside someone’s house.

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

6. Who else does Jonathan say was committing a sexual sin at the time when he paid for a sex act at the bath house?
(a) Donna Selkie.
(b) His mother.
(c) His father.
(d) His father’s boss.

7. What was it that changed Jonathan’s relationship with Sima?
(a) Adam’s concussion.
(b) Eric’s travel.
(c) His research.
(d) Jane’s book.

8. Why does Adam say he and his friends included Darren?
(a) Because they liked him.
(b) Because they were told to.
(c) Because they could see that it helped him.
(d) Because they felt bad for him.

9. What did Fred Phelps’ family call Jane Gordon?
(a) The seductress.
(b) The brain.
(c) Medusa.
(d) The misanthrope.

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

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

12. What made Jane see that her Christmas gift was not, in fact, special?
(a) She received the same thing as a gift again.
(b) She saw an identical thing years later.
(c) Her father confessed to blowing the Christmas money.
(d) Her mother told her what happened.

13. What was unique about the box Klaus gave Adam after Adam’s concussion?
(a) It had been painted by animals.
(b) It was imported from Iran.
(c) It belonged to him before the Holocaust.
(d) It had a false bottom.

14. What did Jonathan specialize in at the Topeka Foundation?
(a) Lost boys.
(b) Language problems.
(c) Art therapy.
(d) Marital problems.

15. How does Jane characterize Adam’s behavior over dinner with her and Jonathan and Amber?
(a) He was a clown.
(b) He was a saint.
(c) He was a bully.
(d) He was a know-it-all.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Jonathan returning the U.S. from, when he recalls being 16, at the beginning of the New York School chapter?

2. What event of Jane’s did the Phelpses show up to protest?

3. What was Darren’s inclusion a joke on, according to Adam?

4. Why had Jonathan’s family been abroad?

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

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