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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many children did Dunphy have?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 1.

2. What made Frank sick the day after laundry duty and his visit to the refugee camp?
(a) Rubella.
(b) Chickenpox.
(c) Measles.
(d) Mumps.

3. What job could Frank have had in Limerick?
(a) Railroad worker.
(b) Dock worker.
(c) Telegraph deliveryman.
(d) Postman.

4. What book did Frank find in the ship's library to read?
(a) Crime and Punishment.
(b) The Possessed.
(c) Notes from Underground.
(d) The Brothers Karamazov.

5. What was the name of the professor of Frank's Introduction to Literature class?
(a) Mr. Whitcomb.
(b) Mr. Anderson.
(c) Mr. Brown.
(d) Mr. Herbert.

6. Where was Horace's son going to college?
(a) New York.
(b) Canada.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) Jamaica.

7. What poet used to like to go to the White Horse Tavern?
(a) T. S. Eliot.
(b) Dylan Thomas.
(c) James Joyce.
(d) Ezra Pound.

8. Where did Frank get a job cleaning for an hour a morning in exchange for $2 and some food?
(a) A deli on 84th Avenue.
(b) An automat.
(c) An Irish bar.
(d) Diner on Third Avenue.

9. In what country did Frank end up being assigned to the canine corps?
(a) France.
(b) Belgium.
(c) Germany.
(d) Bavaria.

10. Who was Frank's boss at the Biltmore?
(a) Mr. Carey.
(b) Mr. Davidson.
(c) Mr. Bryant.
(d) Mr. Gilliam.

11. Where did Frank take laundry with Rappaport?
(a) Monowitz.
(b) Dachau.
(c) Reichstag.
(d) Treblinka.

12. Where did Eddie begin smoking?
(a) Huertgen Forest.
(b) Normandy.
(c) Arnhem.
(d) Omaha Beach.

13. What was the name of Frank's dog in Ireland?
(a) Spot.
(b) Lucky.
(c) Brownie.
(d) Missie.

14. What did the bartender at Costello's tell Frank he had to read before he could come back to the bar?
(a) The Journey to the Western Islands.
(b) The Lives of the English Poets.
(c) The History of Rasselas.
(d) Sayings of Dr. Johnson.

15. How many times did Frank ride the Staten Island ferry after he quit the training for an office job?
(a) 6.
(b) 8.
(c) 7.
(d) 4.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of pie did Frank eat with the priest in Albany, New York?

2. What instrument did Corporal Vinnie Gandia play?

3. How many weeks did Frank have to go for training for his new job when he was trying to get Emer back?

4. After Frank was at sea for two days, where were the passengers told that they would be going, rather than New York City?

5. Who became Frank's roommate when he moved out of Mrs. Austin's place?

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