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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Howard's mule?
(a) Prince Edward.
(b) Napoleon.
(c) Peter the Great.
(d) Clara.

2. What word used in Chapter 2 refers to a device for creating applause in theaters?
(a) Claptrap.
(b) Claprock.
(c) Bungee.
(d) Proscenium.

3. What author did the hermit whose tooth Howard pulls attend college with, according to the narrator in Chapter 1?
(a) Nathaniel Hawthorne.
(b) Percy Shelley.
(c) Alfred, Lord Tennyson.
(d) Walt Whitman.

4. What are the names of George's two daughters?
(a) Mary and Anna.
(b) Kathleen and Emily.
(c) Claire and Betsy.
(d) Wilma and Grace.

5. What game do George and Ray regularly play in the Morrells' old curing shed?
(a) Go Fish.
(b) Bridge.
(c) Poker.
(d) Cribbage.

Short Answer Questions

1. What ailment has Marjorie suffered from all of her life?

2. What town do George and Kathleen walk toward when they find the doctor's house missing in Chapter 2?

3. How old is Ray Morrell when George runs away to his father's property in Chapter 2?

4. The hospital that Kathleen has a pamphlet for in Chapter 2 is located by what river?

5. What type of vehicle does Howard drive for a living seventy years before George's death?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the narrator describe George's attempt to make a memoir by cassette tape in Chapter 1?

2. What metaphor is illustrated through the descriptions of George's house in Chapter 1, Part 1?

3. Who is George's father in the narrative? What did George's father do for a living?

4. How would you describe the differences between George and Howard Crosby in terms of their successes in life?

5. Who appears to be reading to George when he awakens in Chapter 1, Part 2? What book is being read?

6. How does George become injured when he witnesses his father's seizure in Chapter 2, Part 1?

7. What does George discover in his mother's pamphlet in Chapter 2, Part 2? How does she respond when she finds him reading it?

8. Where does George go when he runs away from home in Chapter 2, Part 2? What does he take with him?

9. What is ironic about George's role within his family, as illustrated in Chapter 2, Part 2?

10. How is Kathleen's behavior described when Howard Crosby arrives home late after having a seizure in Chapter 1, Part 2?

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