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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What comedian does Nick watch on October 1962?
(a) Bill Cosby.
(b) Richard Pryor.
(c) Lenny Bruce.
(d) Peter Cook.

2. Where did Wright get off his boat instead of San Francisco?
(a) New York.
(b) Peru.
(c) Vancouver.
(d) Mexico.

3. Who does Nick take to his room in this section?
(a) Sims.
(b) Donna.
(c) Jesse.
(d) Marian.

4. What does Matt want Janet to tell him?
(a) To leave her.
(b) To move out with his mother.
(c) To leave his job.
(d) To travel around the world.

5. Why do Manx's friends think he will struggle to sell the baseball?
(a) It is a cheap make.
(b) He can't prove it is the same ball.
(c) It is too dirty.
(d) It's leather is coming off.

6. Where does Bronzoni read his newspaper?
(a) A tobacco store.
(b) Macdonalds.
(c) A pastry shop.
(d) Burgerking.

7. What are Hoover and his aide discussing in this section?
(a) Holiday destinations.
(b) Crime figures.
(c) Romancing women.
(d) Murder rates.

8. Where is Martin Lundy trying to locate the 1951 World Series baseball?
(a) New York.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) Denver.

9. What does Rosie do when people begin to throw bottles?
(a) Shouts for people to stop.
(b) Throws bottles back.
(c) Runs.
(d) Calls the police.

10. What is the name of Hoover's aide?
(a) Clyde Tolson.
(b) James Herbert.
(c) Bill Bryson.
(d) Frank Tyson.

11. Which of the following places does Matt say the government store nuclear weapons?
(a) In lakes.
(b) In rivers.
(c) Hollowed out mountains.
(d) In huge underground warehouses.

12. Where is Lenny Bruce performing at the end of this section?
(a) Miami Beach.
(b) The Establishment.
(c) The LA comedy club.
(d) Madison Square Gardens.

13. In which city is Lenny Bruce performing in chapter five?
(a) New York.
(b) Jackson.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Philidelphia.

14. What game does Matt beat Albert at in this section?
(a) Backgammon.
(b) Pool.
(c) Chess.
(d) Golf.

15. Who buys Manx's baseball?
(a) Chuckie Wainwright.
(b) Nick Shay.
(c) Charlie Wainwright.
(d) Marian Shay.

Short Answer Questions

1. What two people does the comedian tell a story about?

2. What is the name of the man Manx leaves the bar with?

3. What is the name of the woman in Chuckie's cockpit?

4. Whose presence are the students protesting?

5. What traumatic event happened to Matt when he was six?

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