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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 song wakes Henry?
(a) Liszt’s Piano Sonata in B Minor.
(b) Debussy’s Le Mer.
(c) Schumann’s “Dichterliebe.”
(d) Chopin’s Sonata 2.

2. What does Henry assert is in the coating of his mother’s fried chicken?
(a) Unicorn horn.
(b) Griffin feather.
(c) Dragon scale.
(d) Eye of newt.

3. In what race did Jesse compete?
(a) The 100.
(b) The 800.
(c) The 440.
(d) The 1600.

4. Who joins Nana at the keyboard?
(a) Charlie.
(b) Eleanor.
(c) Zooey.
(d) Henry.

5. What city does Henry’s uncle Bob live in?
(a) Orlando.
(b) Jacksonville.
(c) Tallahassee.
(d) Miami.

Short Answer Questions

1. With which of the following does "30 November 2015" begin?

2. From what Colorado town does Diego hail?

3. Who does Henry note works in the Apple store?

4. Which of his sister’s side-dishes does Diego recommend to Henry?

5. Which of the following is a nurse at Nana’s care facility?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Henry note his mother discouraged him and Charlie from rising early on Christmas?

2. What reason does Henry posit for mothers thinking their sons handsome?

3. What explanation does Henry give for having poor handwriting?

4. On what condition does Henry agree to skip school with Diego?

5. Audrey asks Henry why “people who so obviously hate children have so many of them” (319). What is Henry’s response?

6. What does Zooey tell Henry that she sees in Charlie?

7. How does Henry understand Marcus’s self-concept?

8. For what reasons does Henry abandon searching for his father?

9. What happens after the last hive of honeybees dies?

10. How does Henry know what time he is awakened on 4 November 2015 (171)?

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