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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Where was Darren when he finally called his mother collect, to come get him?
(a) Topeka.
(b) Lawrence.
(c) Stull.
(d) Clinton Lake.

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

5. How did Adam’s friends exercise their aggression through language?
(a) Poetry contests.
(b) Rap battles.
(c) Debates.
(d) Opinion pieces.

6. How does the narrator characterize the state of American culture?
(a) Adolescence without end.
(b) Relentlessly cruel innovation.
(c) Lost boys without parents.
(d) Seven lost generations.

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

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

9. How does the narrator characterize Darren’s skating ability at the roller rink?
(a) Reckless.
(b) Fretful.
(c) Sluggish and thoughtful.
(d) Quick and agile.

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

11. How long does the narrator tell the reader it will take Darren to make the walk he thinks will be two hours?
(a) 2 hours.
(b) 12 hours.
(c) 2 days.
(d) 6 hours.

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

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

14. What was Darren’s mother afraid any confrontation with Darren might lead to?
(a) Darren’s suicide.
(b) Darren beating her up.
(c) Jail and death for Darren.
(d) Darren’s departure.

15. How does Jonathan describe the encounter he had with a girl at a bath house?
(a) In the third person.
(b) In the second person.
(c) In indirect discourse.
(d) In the first person.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Adam’s mother characterize the author of the purple cow lyric?

2. What did Adam do after dinner that delighted the Phelpses?

3. What was Darren’s relationship with Ron Williams?

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

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

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