2. What environment does the narrator say Darren’s camouflage pants helped him disappear into?
(a) American empire.
(b) Topeka suburbs.
(c) Kansas plains.
(d) Kansas society.

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

4. What was the purple cow lyric used for?
(a) Teaching Adam to read.
(b) Getting Adam to bed.
(c) Teaching Adam about colors.
(d) Making Adam and his mother laugh together.

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

6. What was special about the Snowball skate?
(a) A girl asked Darren to skate.
(b) Darren skated with a girl who held his hand.
(c) Darren fell and broke his cheekbone.
(d) Darren got in a fight with his classmates.

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

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

9. How did Jane defuse Adam’s meltdown when he could not reach his girlfriend?
(a) She said the connection was bad.
(b) She asked him about the purple cow.
(c) She told him she loved him.
(d) She reminded him of his accomplishments.

10. How did this story about the special gift make Adam feel about Jane’s family?
(a) It made him impatient with Jane’s gullibility.
(b) It made him love Jane’s sister.
(c) It made him sympathetic toward his grandfather.
(d) It made him angry at Jane’s mother.

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

12. What was Darren’s inclusion a joke on, according to Adam?
(a) Parental authority.
(b) American adolescence.
(c) The Foundation’s milieu therapy.
(d) The school’s mainstreaming process.

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

14. 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 were never admitted into local culture.
(c) They did not know any local languages.
(d) They could not escape their Americanness.

15. What does Jane make herself think about Adam, instead of admitting his behavior?
(a) She thinks of him as handsome and strong.
(b) She thinks of him as extremely knowledgeable.
(c) She thinks of him as trustworthy.
(d) She thinks of him as vulnerable.