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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 sympathetic toward his grandfather.
(c) It made him angry at Jane’s mother.
(d) It made him love Jane’s sister.

2. Why did Adam prefer poetry to debate?
(a) Debate was harder.
(b) Poetry led to better colleges.
(c) Debate made you nerdy.
(d) Poets got more female attention.

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

4. What kind of signs does Adam say his classmates exchanged?
(a) Gang signs.
(b) Fraternity signs.
(c) Signs of their own creation.
(d) Military signs.

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

6. What made Fred Phelps famous for protesting anyone who he thinks supports homosexuality?
(a) His op-eds to the New York Times.
(b) His picketing at soldiers’ funerals.
(c) A 20/20 episode.
(d) His arrest for stalking.

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

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

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

10. What is the reputation of the town of Stull?
(a) A gate to hell.
(b) An insignificant crossroads.
(c) A snotty university town.
(d) A filthy refinery town.

11. 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 could not escape their Americanness.
(d) They did not know any local languages.

12. Why did Adam lose his debate in the semi-finals?
(a) He quoted incorrect information.
(b) He blanked out for a long moment.
(c) He insulted the judges.
(d) His opponent spread him.

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

14. When does the narrator say the term overkill was coined?
(a) 1941.
(b) 1972.
(c) 1946.
(d) 1968.

15. Who paid for dinner before Jane’s event?
(a) Jane.
(b) Adam.
(c) Jonathan.
(d) Sima.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Jonathan’s reaction to paying for a sex act at the bath house?

2. How long does the narrator tell the reader it will take Darren to make the walk he thinks will be two hours?

3. Whose friends did Adam’s friend protect Darren from?

4. How does Jonathan say his family lived while they were abroad?

5. How does Jane characterize Adam’s behavior over dinner with her and Jonathan and Amber?

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