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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Mort want to rid himself of his money?
(a) So he can concentrate on helping people.
(b) He wants to give it to charity.
(c) He didn't work for it.
(d) He got it dishonestly.

2. What does Maureen write about in her letters?
(a) What her night classes have meant to her.
(b) How she has pieced her life back together after her catatonia.
(c) What her future plans are.
(d) All answers are correct.

3. What is being broadcast on television when Maureen visits Loretta at her apartment?
(a) News of the race riots in Detroit.
(b) A game show.
(c) A sitcom that portrays a poverty-stricken family.
(d) News of the war that has just begun.

4. Where does Jules see Nadine again, after their long separation following the ill-fated road trip?
(a) At the bank.
(b) Shopping for groceries.
(c) At work.
(d) At a restaurant.

5. Who is Jim?
(a) Loretta's new husband.
(b) Jules's best friend.
(c) Maureen's boss.
(d) Another of Maureen's professors.

6. Why does Loretta seek shelter at the YMCA?
(a) Her husband left and she can't pay her rent.
(b) A firebomb burns down her building.
(c) She lost her job and can't pay her rent.
(d) The friend she was staying with moved to another state.

7. What does the library mean to Maureen?
(a) It is a haven of peace, and a place to escape.
(b) It symbolizes the education that will get her out of her present situation.
(c) It is the place where she someday hopes to have a career.
(d) It is a place for her to see her friends, away from her mother's watchful eye.

8. Who is Vera?
(a) Loretta's youngest daughter.
(b) Mort's sister.
(c) Maureen's friend.
(d) One of Mort's proteges.

9. Where does Maureen live, at the beginning of the third book?
(a) With her boyfriend.
(b) With Loretta.
(c) On her own.
(d) With Jules.

10. What does Jules encourage Maureen to do when he visits her in Dearborn?
(a) To get involved with his party's activities.
(b) To leave Joe and move back in with Loretta.
(c) To leave town with him.
(d) To contact Loretta, or send her some money.

11. What does Jules tell Vera about love?
(a) That he once thought it was impossible to live without it.
(b) That he no longer believes it is real.
(c) That he thinks it is impossible to live without it.
(d) That he wants it more than anything.

12. What is Maureen beginning to be able to do in Chapter 7 of the second book?
(a) She is fully recovered.
(b) She can hear the voices and sounds in the house.
(c) She can read and write again.
(d) She can walk and feed herself.

13. What is Jules trying to do in Chapter 7 of the second book?
(a) Get a job in Michigan.
(b) Get from Michigan down to Texas.
(c) Get a job in Texas.
(d) Make his way from Texas back to Michigan.

14. Who does Jules encounter after breaking the windows?
(a) The boy who gave him the rifle.
(b) A woman he recognizes from the newspaper.
(c) A news reporter.
(d) A policeman who had shot at him.

15. How does Loretta initially react when Maureen tells her of her plans to marry Jim?
(a) She is jealous.
(b) She is apathetic.
(c) She is pleased.
(d) She is angry.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what way has Maureen changed since the beginning of the novel?

2. What does Jim encourage Maureen to do?

3. Where does Loretta see Jules when she gets out of the shelter?

4. What about Jules bothers his girlfriend?

5. Where do Jules and Nadine go after becoming reacquainted?

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