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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Willie acknowledge people?
(a) Gives a little wave.
(b) Salutes with one finger.
(c) Whistles.
(d) Tips his hat.

2. What nationality is Nick?
(a) Italian.
(b) Irish.
(c) German.
(d) French.

3. Tom never acknowledges that Kitty could be ______________.
(a) A brunette.
(b) A teacher.
(c) A thief.
(d) A hooker.

4. Who is Krupp?
(a) The mayor.
(b) An electrician.
(c) A baker.
(d) A police officer.

5. Why is Wesley so excited when he returns to the bar?
(a) His girlfriend has come back.
(b) His home loan was approved.
(c) Nick is going to pay him to play the piano.
(d) He is accepted at the college he really wants to attend.

6. Who is the young black man to whom Nick gives a free lunch?
(a) Weston.
(b) Wesley.
(c) Wiley.
(d) Wyatt.

7. What does Joe want Tom to get for him?
(a) A newspaper.
(b) Some coffee.
(c) A candy bar.
(d) A watermelon.

8. What nationality is the newsboy?
(a) Polish.
(b) Greek.
(c) German.
(d) Italian.

9. Joe is always eager, yet always ____________.
(a) Calm.
(b) Sullen.
(c) Bored.
(d) Impatient.

10. How did Joe save Tom's life?
(a) Rescued him from a fire.
(b) Gave him a kidney.
(c) Intervened in a mugging.
(d) Fed him chicken soup when he was ill.

11. How often does Joe say that he drinks?
(a) Only when he's depressed.
(b) Only when he's awake.
(c) Only when he's thirsty.
(d) Only when he's bored.

12. What does Joe ask Mary to do?
(a) Sing.
(b) Go to dinner.
(c) Marry him.
(d) Dance.

13. What is the letter on the front of Willie's sweater?
(a) G.
(b) O.
(c) S.
(d) F.

14. What song does the newsboy sing?
(a) "I'll Take You Home Kathleen"
(b) "I Dream of Jeannie with the Light Brown Hair"
(c) "The Yellow Rose of Texas"
(d) "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling"

15. Which of the following is not something Tom associates with Joe?
(a) Never running out of money.
(b) Having drinks.
(c) Sitting around all day.
(d) Going to work.

Short Answer Questions

1. For whom does Joe call out and then whistle for?

2. Why does Blick threaten to close down Nick's bar?

3. What is Dudley R. Bostwick's greatest need?

4. What does Joe say that people spend 23 boring hours doing each day?

5. What does Kit give the men in the bar all night?

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