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

2. Why had Jonathan’s family been abroad?
(a) His father had taken them for a travel year.
(b) His father wanted to visit his origins.
(c) His father was in the military.
(d) His father was a diplomat.

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 had to meditate to activate it.
(b) He could not turn it off.
(c) It clicked on when he was stressed.
(d) It clicked on whenever it wanted.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What was Adam advocating in the semi-final debate?

4. Who invited Darren to stay and have a beer at Ron Williams’ place?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the narrator characterize the interaction between Adam and Jane and the Phelpses on the way to Jane’s keynote address?

2. What is the one situation that holds numerous times together in the “New York School” chapter?

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

4. What explanation does Jonathan give for why his parents and the diplomats drank so much in Taiwan?

5. How did Jonathan’s relationship with Sima begin?

6. What is the social scene Darren hung out in?

7. What cause Jane to consciously redirect her thoughts about Adam’s behavior, and how did she do so?

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

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

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

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