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

2. On what ship had a sailor named Owen used to work?
(a) Lusitania.
(b) Queen Mary.
(c) Andrea Doria.
(d) Queen Elizabeth.

3. How much coffee did Frank get a month when he was stationed in Europe?
(a) 2 lbs.
(b) 3 lbs.
(c) 1/2 lb.
(d) 1 lb.

4. How many of Frank's siblings had died?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 1.
(d) 4.

5. How much did Frank make a week when he did platform work and ran a forklift?
(a) $81.
(b) $83.
(c) $77.
(d) $74.

Short Answer Questions

1. What book did Frank find in the ship's library to read?

2. Where did the priest go for a retreat after he left New York?

3. What poet used to like to go to the White Horse Tavern?

4. What floor did Frank work on at the hotel after he had to shave his head?

5. Where did Frank go to school in Limerick?

Short Essay Questions

1. How was Frank able to stay in the hospital after his eyes healed?

2. How did Frank get his first job in New York City?

3. What did a man behind the bar tell Frank when he came into Costello's for a drink?

4. After quitting his Blue Cross training, what did Frank think as he looked at Ellis Island?

5. What did Mr. Herbert say to Frank and the class when Frank wrote about Jonathan Swift?

6. Why didn't Frank wander the streets of Manhattan after he shaved his head?

7. Why was Di Angelo confined to barracks the weekend that Frank lost his three-day pass?

8. What happened when Frank took lemon meringue pie and ginger ale to watch Hamlet at a playhouse?

9. How did Frank's mother describe her new house?

10. Why did Horace and Frank almost die in a fumigation room?

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