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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. Which competitive events did Jane prefer?
(a) L-D debates.
(b) Declamation.
(c) Policy.
(d) Extemp.

2. Where was Jonathan returning the U.S. from, when he recalls being 16, at the beginning of the New York School chapter?
(a) Sydney.
(b) Taiwan.
(c) Paris.
(d) Topeka.

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

4. Why does Adam say he and his friends included Darren?
(a) Because they could see that it helped him.
(b) Because they liked him.
(c) Because they felt bad for him.
(d) Because they were told to.

5. What advice did Evanson give Adam in Minneapolis?
(a) Get personal with his opponents.
(b) Use regional speech.
(c) Use icily cold logic.
(d) Compliment the judges.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was a particular person central to including Darren?

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

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

4. Why does Jonathan say that he and his friends could not actually go anywhere when he lived abroad?

5. What was the purple cow lyric used for?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the importance of the purple cow?

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

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

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

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

6. In what condition did Darren wake up at Clinton Lake?

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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