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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. When was Adam in New York having a breakdown about his girlfriend in Spain?
(a) 1961.
(b) 1999.
(c) 1991.
(d) 1997.

2. 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.

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

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

5. What does Jonathan say his parents drank to ignore?
(a) His father’s parents’ divorce.
(b) His own poor health.
(c) Hiroshima.
(d) His father’s affairs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Jonathan returning the U.S. from, when he recalls being 16, at the beginning of the New York School chapter?

2. Which competitive events did Jane prefer?

3. What kind of signs does Adam say his classmates exchanged?

4. What made Jane see that her Christmas gift was not, in fact, special?

5. Who does Adam say was central to including Darren?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What was Jonathan’s experience in the bathhouse, and how did it affect him?

3. How did the time at the roller rink return seven years later in the basement at Jason’s party?

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

5. What happened to Darren at Clinton Lake?

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

7. What aspect of Adam’s friends’ culture led to the melee that started with Reynolds and Darren?

8. What is the importance of the purple cow?

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

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

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