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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What food does Tony keep in his apartment in the city?
(a) Cheese and milk.
(b) Beer and milk.
(c) TV dinners.
(d) Vegetables and lunch meats.

2. At the beginning of Chapter 13, why could Mal's sister not come to visit?
(a) She had pneumonia.
(b) Her children had the flu.
(c) She was taking classes and couldn't get away.
(d) Her car broke down.

3. What time did Jonah like to eat dinner?
(a) 7 o'clock.
(b) 8 o'clock.
(c) 6 o'clock.
(d) 7:30 p.m.

4. In Chapter 14, how long has Fern known Tony?
(a) Eight years.
(b) More than ten years.
(c) Five years.
(d) About 15 years.

5. In Chapter 12, how long has it been since Fenno climbed the ladder in his brothers' old room?
(a) Eight years.
(b) Ten years.
(c) 20-25 years.
(d) 15-20 years.

6. What bird was on the T-shirts Ralph bought for the bookstore?
(a) Blue jay.
(b) Owl.
(c) Parrot.
(d) Pheasant.

7. What type of container held Mal's ashes?
(a) Cherry.
(b) Pine.
(c) Oak.
(d) Walnut.

8. Who did Mal's mother remind Fenno of?
(a) A professor.
(b) Girls like Lil.
(c) Veronique.
(d) His own mother.

9. What was the name of the woman Fenno met at Tony's exhibition in Paris in Chapter 12?
(a) Bernadette.
(b) Adele.
(c) Lucille.
(d) Marie-Ange.

10. In Chapter 11, what color was the shirt that Fenno remembered receiving from Tony?
(a) Burgundy.
(b) Sea green.
(c) Cobalt blue.
(d) Lavender.

11. What did Mal and Fenno watch together on television at the beginning of Chapter 13?
(a) "Gigi."
(b) "The Life of Emile Zola."
(c) "Tom Jones."
(d) "An American in Paris."

12. Where did Mal's mother live?
(a) Vermont.
(b) New York.
(c) Pennsylvania.
(d) Connecticut.

13. In Chapter 9 when Fenno stops at an inn he and Mal visited, what does the inn keeper offer to heat up for Fenno?
(a) Lamb.
(b) Sandwich.
(c) Corned beef.
(d) Soup.

14. At the beginning of Chapter 13, how long did visitors usually stay who came to see Mal?
(a) An hour.
(b) 30 minutes.
(c) A couple hours.
(d) 45 minutes.

15. What month was it when Tony left again in Chapter 11?
(a) October.
(b) November.
(c) September.
(d) August.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 11, where did Mal want to spend the Christmas he thought might be his last?

2. When Mal was little, at what time would he hear the sound of his mother's sewing machine?

3. What girl did Lucille hope could get a scholarship at a culinary school in Boston?

4. When Fenno returned from Scotland in Chapter 10, how many hours did Felicity let him sleep his first night back?

5. How did Stavros grandmother die?

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