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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Adam advocating in the semi-final debate?
(a) Decreasing the voting age.
(b) Raising the minimum wage.
(c) Increasing the age for selling tobacco.
(d) Universal basic income.

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

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

4. How does the reader learn that Darren’s directional instincts were wrong?
(a) Darren discovers it.
(b) Darren tells the reader directly.
(c) Passing hunters tell him.
(d) The narrator tells us.

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

6. What event of Jane’s did the Phelpses show up to protest?
(a) A public discussion.
(b) A reading.
(c) A lecture on psychology.
(d) A keynote address.

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

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

9. How did the “Nowak Carter Gordon Davis types” treat Darren when he hung out with them?
(a) They treated him like a pet dog.
(b) They asked him to tell them his stories.
(c) They insulted him.
(d) They mocked him and got him drunk.

10. How does the narrator characterize Darren?
(a) A baby.
(b) A pet.
(c) An animal.
(d) A man-child.

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 advice that Evanson gave to Adam had Jane received from her supervisor?
(a) Stop twirling your hair.
(b) Use obscure references for credibility.
(c) Stop nodding in time with speech.
(d) Make eye contact with people.

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

14. Where had Jonathan’s family lived before they went abroad?
(a) Maryland.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) Topeka.
(d) New York.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What fueled Darren’s rage when the girl his friends pushed on him called him a homophobic slur?

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

3. Who was Adam shopping with when he ran into one of Reynolds’ friends?

4. How did Sima’s relationship with Eric begin?

5. Who paid for dinner before Jane’s event?

(see the answer keys)

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