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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many years after the Snowball did Darren’s classmates push a girl toward him and tell him to kiss her?
(a) 7..
(b) 5.
(c) 9.
(d) 2.

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

3. Where is Jonathan when the New York School chapter begins?
(a) Taiwan.
(b) In an airplane circling JFK.
(c) In an airplane circling Topeka.
(d) New York.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the reputation of the town of Stull?

2. Where had Jonathan’s family lived before they went abroad?

3. What environment does the narrator say Darren’s camouflage pants helped him disappear into?

4. Who did Amber thank for dinner before Jane’s event?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Where did Darren walk to, and where did he end up, before he got a ride home?

2. What observations does Adam make about American culture when he is in the supermarket with his mother and grandmother?

3. How does the narrator characterize Darren as a roller skater?

4. How did Adam lose his L-D debate?

5. What happened to Darren at Clinton Lake?

6. What was Jonathan’s relationship with Donna Selkie like, and what made is awkward?

7. What is the difference between extemp and Lincoln-Douglass debate?

8. What motivated Darren to throw the cue ball at the girl?

9. What is the importance of the painted tissue box?

10. How does Adam characterize his circle’s relationship with Darren?

(see the answer keys)

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