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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Lundy and his wife do when the get back to their hotel?
(a) Play cards.
(b) Listen to music.
(c) Dance.
(d) Write cards.

2. Whose presence are the students protesting?
(a) Dow Chemical recruiters.
(b) Nixon supporters.
(c) Vietnam veterans.
(d) A nuclear plant.

3. What is the name of the man Manx leaves the bar with?
(a) Roger.
(b) Clive.
(c) Dean.
(d) Antoine.

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

5. What is the name of the project Matt is working on in New Mexico?
(a) The Docks.
(b) Droopy.
(c) Pocket.
(d) The Look.

6. What university does Albert want Matt to attend?
(a) Chicago University.
(b) New York University.
(c) Oxford University.
(d) Fordham University.

7. Why is it noisy when Marian is talking on the phone?
(a) Her neighbors are having a party.
(b) Constructive workers are working in her building.
(c) Students are protesting outside.
(d) She is having a party.

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

9. What kind of agency does Charlie work for?
(a) An ad agency.
(b) A job agency.
(c) A sport agency.
(d) A casting agency.

10. What is the season in part four?
(a) Fall.
(b) Summer.
(c) Winter.
(d) Spring.

11. Why does Marian say she is crying in this section?
(a) It is the anniversary of her mother's death.
(b) She has a hair in her eye.
(c) She is afraid of war and bombs.
(d) Nick doesn't love her.

12. What baseball stadium does Manx drive to in this section that is open?
(a) The Stadium of Light.
(b) Polo Grounds.
(c) The Dodger Stadium.
(d) The Yankee Stadium.

13. What is Chuckie Wainwright's job on the tramp steamer?
(a) Crewman.
(b) Captain.
(c) First Mate.
(d) Second Mate.

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

15. What is Nick talking to JuJu about in chapter two?
(a) The benefits of marriage.
(b) The benefits of a regular job.
(c) His mother.
(d) His father.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Wright get off his boat instead of San Francisco?

2. What is the name of Nick and Matt's father?

3. What is the name of the European Klara meets at the rooftop party?

4. Why do Nick and Amy travel to Mexico in July 1959?

5. What does Lenny Bruce ridicule in his routine in this section?

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