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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Gunnar walk into the water at the beach?
(a) To swim for exercise.
(b) To go surfing.
(c) It is hot.
(d) To kill himself.

2. Why does Yosiko throw the class out of the apartment?
(a) They don't like Chinese people.
(b) She tires of them.
(c) She thinks Gunnar is getting a big head.
(d) She doesn't want to feed all of them.

3. Who arranges a marriage for Gunnar?
(a) Psycho Loco.
(b) Gunnar's mother.
(c) Nick.
(d) Gunnar's sisters.

4. What does Gunnar say most people are not ready to do?
(a) Graduate from college.
(b) Speak the truth.
(c) Die for an idea.
(d) Take on the government.

5. How does Yoshiko deal with the wedding crashers?
(a) Politely and calmly.
(b) She ignores them.
(c) Shy and frightened.
(d) Yelling and hitting.

6. What does Gunnar see when he leaves basketball practice in Chapter Seven?
(a) A wrecked motocycle.
(b) Columns of smoke.
(c) Nick's girlfriend looking for him.
(d) Psycho Loco bashing in a car window.

7. Why was Gunnar wanted at this school?
(a) Because of his SAT scores.
(b) To help improve the racial mix.
(c) To improve the basketball team.
(d) It was a favor to his father.

8. What is the meaning of concatenate?
(a) Take apart.
(b) Bring together.
(c) A strange puzzle.
(d) Play fair.

9. What does Gunnar's mother force him to do during his free time?
(a) Babysit his younger sister.
(b) Associate with other friends.
(c) Study for the SAT.
(d) Work at the local grocery store.

10. What does Gunnar's coach tell him one morning?
(a) Nick has killed himself.
(b) Nick is in a mental institution.
(c) The basketball team is going to state finals.
(d) Gunnar is suspended from play.

11. What does Nick say Gunnar forgot to factor in when Gunnar spoke of music being finite?
(a) How long a note can be sustained.
(b) Man's ingenuity.
(c) The concept of time.
(d) The number of different musical instruments.

12. Where is the wedding reception held?
(a) At the police ball room.
(b) In the backyard.
(c) At the high school.
(d) At his father's house.

13. What does the school guidance counselor find unbelievable about Gunnar?
(a) His shyness with girls.
(b) His high SAT scores.
(c) His height.
(d) His lack of school pride.

14. What happens to Gunnar when he walks to the store to buy something for Yoshiko's craving?
(a) He gets lost.
(b) He runs into his sister.
(c) He is stopped by a gang.
(d) A helicopter shines a light on him.

15. Where is the second place Gunnar and his bride go?
(a) To the beach.
(b) To the library.
(c) To a basketball game.
(d) To the amusement park.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Gunnar meet the recruiter from Boston University?

2. What does Gunnar challenge the United States government to do?

3. How is Gunnar's bride attained?

4. Where do Gunnar and Yoshiko tell people she will deliver their baby?

5. How does the bride get to the wedding?

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