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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of car is Nikki Bocheki driving when he visits George in Chapter 4?
(a) A black Rolls Royce.
(b) A red Alfa Romeo.
(c) A blue Jeep.
(d) A mint-green Cadillac.

2. What does Howard witness a fish do as he sits in the pond watching the Indian in Chapter 3?
(a) A fish leaps onto land and walks away.
(b) A fish leaps from the water and flies away.
(c) A fish jumps down the Indian's throat.
(d) A fish transforms into an ostrich.

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

4. Nikki Bocheki is described in Chapter 4 as an acquaintance of George's from where?
(a) The Synagogue.
(b) The Unitarian church.
(c) The butcher shop.
(d) The police station.

5. Of his father and of the old Indian that repaired the canoe, Howard says in Chapter 3, "My memories of them are" what?
(a) Regrettable.
(b) Dissipated.
(c) Atmospheres.
(d) Dreamlike.

6. What month is it when Howard describes his mother helping his father dress before his father is taken away in Chapter 3?
(a) April.
(b) March.
(c) September.
(d) January.

7. What newspaper did George once read regularly at the kitchen table at lunchtime, according to the narrator in Chapter 4?
(a) The New York Times.
(b) The Montreal Herald.
(c) The Chicago Tribune.
(d) The Wall Street Journal.

8. George awakens for the last time how many hours before he dies in Chapter 4?
(a) 16 hours before his death.
(b) 24 hours before his death.
(c) 72 hours before his death.
(d) 48 hours before his death.

9. What word in Chapter 3 refers to a repository for relics?
(a) Illuminant.
(b) Reliquary.
(c) Cantrell.
(d) Colloquialism.

10. What book is cited with the description of the inner workings of a clock in Chapter 4?
(a) The Time of Finding Time.
(b) Alice in Wonderland.
(c) The Old Man and the Sea.
(d) The Reasonable Horologist.

11. What word used to describe the Indian in Chapter 3 means relating to a former or more primitive type?
(a) Metaphoric.
(b) Altruistic.
(c) Cultivated.
(d) Atavistic.

12. What does Howard describe his father doing all of the time in Howard's childhood in Chapter 3?
(a) Working in his laboratory.
(b) Writing law articles.
(c) Reading history books.
(d) Composing sermons.

13. Whose neighboring corn field does Howard pass through as he looks for his father in the woods in Chapter 3?
(a) The Andrews' corn field.
(b) The Gaspars' corn field.
(c) The Petersons' corn field.
(d) The Williams' corn field.

14. What word used in Chapter 3 refers to a didactic story which illustrates instructive lessons or principles?
(a) Enumeration.
(b) Parable.
(c) Fable.
(d) Psalm.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from Chapter 4 refers to an instrument that is pointed and pen-shaped used in artwork?

2. What is Nikki Bocheki's profession?

3. Who does Howard believe the Indian to be that he sees in the pond in Chapter 3?

4. Where did the local Indian work for many summers cutting wood, according to the narrator in Chapter 3?

5. As Howard stands in the silt of the pond outlet in the woods in Chapter 3, the narrator describes the sticks and branches on the pond bed as feeling like what to him?

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