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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 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.

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

3. What was Adam advocating in the semi-final debate?
(a) Decreasing the voting age.
(b) Increasing the age for selling tobacco.
(c) Raising the minimum wage.
(d) Universal basic income.

4. What does the narrator say the Topekans feel about Fred Phelps?
(a) They are amused by him.
(b) They are embarrassed by him.
(c) They hate him.
(d) They tolerate him.

5. What were Darren’s friends doing while he puked into the grass at Clinton Lake?
(a) Chanting his name.
(b) Trying to soothe him.
(c) Ignoring him.
(d) Leaving.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years after the Snowball did Darren’s classmates push a girl toward him and tell him to kiss her?

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

3. What fueled Darren’s rage when the girl his friends pushed on him called him a homophobic slur?

4. What did Jonathan specialize in at the Topeka Foundation?

5. What does Adam say it means to be a subject in a supermarket?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What advice did Evanson give Adam at the debate tournament in Minneapolis?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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