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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 do the nuns find for Ismael?
(a) Deserted cars.
(b) Pieces of wood.
(c) Drugs.
(d) Trash bags.

2. Which city is Nick flying to in chapter nine?
(a) Phoenix.
(b) Houston.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) Miami.

3. Who does Marian meet for lunch in chapter two?
(a) Brian Glassic.
(b) Nick.
(c) Peter Sellars.
(d) Jackie Gleason.

4. What does Matt think has happened to their father?
(a) He living and working in USSR.
(b) He's living in LA under an assumed name.
(c) He has died.
(d) He is homeless.

5. What does the woman do for a living?
(a) A television journalist.
(b) An artist.
(c) A writer.
(d) A car sales woman.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Cotter find at the end of the game?

2. Who drives Alma to the friary?

3. Who does Nick want to read about in Time Magazine?

4. Where is Albert sitting to think about Eddie at the end of this section?

5. What passion do Eddie and Albert share?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Nick have his mother's surname instead of his father's?

2. What do we find out about Nick's past in this section?

3. How did Nick's son change after the LA riots?

4. How does Jackie Gleason entertain members of the crowd?

5. How does Marian react to Nick's fling with Donna?

6. What does this section say about the Texas Highway Killer?

7. Why does Mike think his mother should stay in New York?

8. What does Nick think about meeting Klara after all these years?

9. In what way are the men in the bar Nick and Sims go to all hair?

10. Why did sister Edgar stop hitting kids?

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