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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does George live in 1953?
(a) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
(b) Cleveland, Ohio.
(c) Boston, Massachusetts.
(d) Enon, Massachusetts.

2. Where did the local Indian work for many summers cutting wood, according to the narrator in Chapter 3?
(a) The Blueberry Bed and Breakfast.
(b) The Great Western Hotel.
(c) The North Carry Hotel.
(d) Mrs. Butter's Boarding House.

3. Approximately how old is George as he lay dying in the novel?
(a) 70.
(b) 80.
(c) 60.
(d) 90.

4. Where does Howard stop and sleep on his way to visit George in 1953?
(a) Indiana.
(b) New Hampshire.
(c) Rhode Island.
(d) Connecticut.

5. What is the name of the grocery store where Howard works in 1953?
(a) Albertson's.
(b) A & P.
(c) Safeway.
(d) Piggly Wiggly.

6. What is the first step in the excerpt called "How to Make a Bird's Nest" in Chapter 4?
(a) Punch holes near the base of the triangle.
(b) Take a piece of rotten cardboard.
(c) Take a wafer of tinker's tin.
(d) Take a piece of yarn.

7. How does the narrator describe George's wife's cooking in Chapter 4?
(a) Very fatty.
(b) Mediocre.
(c) Very good.
(d) Very bad.

8. What word used by Howard in Chapter 3 refers to a disgrace or humiliation?
(a) Indignity.
(b) Catharsis.
(c) Compliment.
(d) Epiphany.

9. What month is it when Howard dies in Chapter 4?
(a) July.
(b) August.
(c) September.
(d) January.

10. What year is it when Howard dies in Chapter 4?
(a) 1972.
(b) 1991.
(c) 1965.
(d) 1985.

11. What magazine does Nikki Bocheki read while she sits with George in Chapter 4?
(a) Better Homes and Gardens.
(b) Cosmopolitan.
(c) International Luxury Properties.
(d) People Magazine.

12. Edward Billings is the manager of what bank frequented by George?
(a) The Rochester County Bank.
(b) The Rollins-Dunn Bank.
(c) The Bank of America.
(d) The Salem Five Bank.

13. What is the name of the middle-aged teller that George gives his payment to after repairing the clock for Mr. Billings in Chapter 4?
(a) Eddie.
(b) Diane.
(c) Wilma.
(d) Irma.

14. When Howard goes into the woods to look for his father in Chapter 3, what pond does he pass?
(a) Willow Pond.
(b) Tagg Pond.
(c) Merced Pond.
(d) Birch Pond.

15. Where does Megan go to tend to her ill mother in 1953?
(a) New York.
(b) Pittsburgh.
(c) Cleveland.
(d) Boston.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has George worked at filling his safety deposit boxes full of, according to the narrator in Chapter 4?

2. What word used in Chapter 3 means concerned with relatively minor, irrelevant, or superficial aspects of something?

3. What color does the green sea turn in the excerpt from Chapter 4 called "Homo Borealis"?

4. What alias does Howard Crosby take on when he moves to Philadelphia?

5. Nikki Bocheki is described in Chapter 4 as an acquaintance of George's from where?

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