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

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

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

4. Who else does Jonathan say was committing a sexual sin at the time when he paid for a sex act at the bath house?
(a) His father’s boss.
(b) His father.
(c) His mother.
(d) Donna Selkie.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Jonathan compares his classmate Russell to a character in what book?

2. How does the narrator characterize Darren’s skating ability at the roller rink?

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

4. How does the narrator characterize Adam’s relationship with the part of his brain that was always composing rap lyrics and making arguments?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Adam’s relationship with Peter Evanson?

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

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

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

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

7. Who are the Phelpses and what was their relation to Jane Gordon?

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

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

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

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