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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. With which of the following does the main text of the novel end?
(a) “So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.”
(b) “This time, you keep flying.”
(c) “But he that sows lies in the end shall not lack of a harvest, and soon he may rest from toil indeed, while others reap and sow in his stead.”
(d) “He would know her handwriting anywhere.”

2. What is the name of the local paper?
(a) Friendship Mirror.
(b) Express-News.
(c) Fellowship Gazette.
(d) Amity Times.

3. Which drug does Marx note Zoe had wanted him to try?
(a) Psilocybin.
(b) LSD.
(c) Peyote.
(d) Mescaline.

4. Which of the following does Simon note is his favorite German word?
(a) Zweisamkeit.
(b) Doppelgänger.
(c) Torschlusspanik.
(d) Bildungsroman.

5. What kind of tree grows at the house Sadie and Marx buy?
(a) Persimmon.
(b) Poplar.
(c) Pecan.
(d) Plum.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of vine grows at the house Sadie and Marx buy?

2. Which of the following is a student in Sadie’s class?

3. How many days does Sam calculate the length of his friendship with Marx to be?

4. What is the title of Sadie’s London game?

5. In which of the following does Zevin live?

Short Essay Questions

1. What addition to Mapleworld does Sam make for Pioneers?

2. Why does Sadie assert there should be marriages in Mapleworld?

3. What joke does Marx make about the title of his memoir?

4. What does Zevin note as of interest about her novel’s typeface?

5. To what is the initial success of Mapleworld ascribed?

6. How does the novel define “Boho” in terms of real estate (266)?

7. What sadness does Marx purpose to express (284)?

8. What scene confronts Sam when he returns to his office after the shooting?

9. What initially prompted Marx to attend to Sam?

10. How does the novel define the term NPC?

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