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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 does Lundy buy from the souvenir baseball shop?
(a) A baseball.
(b) Baseball cards.
(c) A baseball cap.
(d) A baseball bat.

2. What is the name of the club Nick is at in October 1962?
(a) The Troubadour Club.
(b) The Smily Club.
(c) The M52 Club.
(d) Studio 54.

3. What is the name of Nick and Matt's father?
(a) Kenny.
(b) Clive.
(c) Jimmy.
(d) Philip.

4. What is happening in August 1964?
(a) A Wall Street demonstration.
(b) A murder investigation.
(c) A Vietnam demonstration.
(d) A civil rights demonstration.

5. Who is Marian talking to at the beginning of this section?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Nick.
(d) Brian.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Eric Deming fantasizing over in chapter two?

2. Why is Manx feeling guilty at the end of this section?

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

4. Where is Lenny Bruce performing at the end of this section?

5. Why does Klara say when can't marry Miles?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does this section say about how society is changing?

2. What does Matt want Janet to tell him?

3. What does this section state about Klara's life in the Bronx?

4. How does Manx sell the baseball?

5. How does the author describe Lenny Bruce?

6. Describe Lenny Bruce's performance in New York in October 1962?

7. How does Manx feel when he talks about the baseball?

8. What do the fragments portray in this section?

9. What is the relationship Klara has with Miles?

10. What does Matt tell Janet about his work?

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