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

2. How does Jonathan characterize the sound of adults’ voices while his family lived abroad?
(a) Like the sound of lowball classes clinking with ice and alcohol.
(b) Like a constant alarm going off.
(c) Like the sound of unintelligible foreign languages.
(d) Like the sound of the trombone for the teacher’s voice in Peanuts.

3. What made Fred Phelps famous for protesting anyone who he thinks supports homosexuality?
(a) His arrest for stalking.
(b) His op-eds to the New York Times.
(c) His picketing at soldiers’ funerals.
(d) A 20/20 episode.

4. What was the purple cow lyric used for?
(a) Making Adam and his mother laugh together.
(b) Teaching Adam about colors.
(c) Teaching Adam to read.
(d) Getting Adam to bed.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the reader learn that Darren’s directional instincts were wrong?

2. How did Sima’s relationship with Eric begin?

3. What was unique about the box Klaus gave Adam after Adam’s concussion?

4. Where is Jonathan when the New York School chapter begins?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In what ways did Adam and his friend shift their aggression into the realm of language?

3. How does Jonathan describe the conditions where he grew up in Taiwan?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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