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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 is the name of Cotter's father?
(a) Peter.
(b) Dean.
(c) Thanx.
(d) Manx.

2. What kind of ride do Nick and his wife enjoy in this section?
(a) A hot air balloon ride.
(b) A limo ride.
(c) A taxi ride.
(d) A glider ride.

3. Who drives Alma to the friary?
(a) Sister Grace.
(b) Sister Diane.
(c) Siter Ethel.
(d) Sister Theresa.

4. What does Nick stare at after his dream?
(a) The TV.
(b) His wife.
(c) His son.
(d) The baseball.

5. How does Cotter Martin get into the Giants Dodger game?
(a) Goes through a gap in the fence.
(b) Tunnels under a wall.
(c) Jumps over the turnstiles.
(d) Climbs over a wall.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what kind of restaurant does Marvin eat in chapter four?

2. Why does Lundy think there were 20,000 empty seats at the Dodger Giants World Series game?

3. Who buys Marvin's baseball from him?

4. Who does Nick remember at the end of the chapter who has been dead for years?

5. What baseball team does Nick support?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Nick say his mother likes Jackie Gleason so much?

2. Who was the Texas Highway Killer?

3. What did Marian always want Nick to talk about?

4. Why did sister Edgar stop hitting kids?

5. How does Cotter get into the baseball game without paying?

6. How are Nick and Klara's lives different?

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

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

9. Who does Nick say Brian believes he is?

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

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