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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 Brent buy after leaving the museum?
(a) A bus pass to San Francisco.
(b) A pair of jeans.
(c) A harmonica and an instruction book.
(d) A book about building wooden toys.

2. While driving, what does Jenny notice about Grandma's face?
(a) It is more wrinkled.
(b) It is blotched with rouge.
(c) It is extremely pale.
(d) It has an unfocused look.

3. At the end of Chapter 5, whom does Brent serenade?
(a) Lea.
(b) A lost dog.
(c) Emil.
(d) Himself.

4. What does Tony write about his vacation?
(a) It was exciting.
(b) It was horrible.
(c) It made him sick.
(d) It was wonderful.

5. What meaning does the whale whirligig have for Grandma?
(a) The dead want the living to laugh.
(b) Nature follows a cycle of life and death.
(c) Life will continue to "spin" after her death.
(d) The ocean is the keeper of life.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color are practically all of Grandma's shoes?

2. As Chapter 5 begins, what city is Brent's next destination?

3. Where does Brent mount the whirligig he finishes in Chapter 5?

4. At what kind of restaurant does Grandma tell Jenny to stop?

5. Why does Jenny not want to drive Grandma anywhere?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does the drive take Jenny and Grandma?

2. What does Tony finally write in his journal? What does he do to emphasize the truth in his entry?

3. About what do the children warn Brent regarding the location of the wooden band whirligig?

4. Describe Jenny's feelings towards Grandma.

5. Describe the wooden band whirligig. How does it move in the wind?

6. Which whirligig is at Tony's summer campground? How does Tony feel about the whirligig?

7. What effect do her parents' actions concerning their Jewish heritage have on Jenny?

8. As Brent steps into the hostel's dining hall, he sees a bearded man playing a concertina for the guests. Why does Brent admire this man? What is Brent thinking as he watches the bearded man entertain?

9. Why does Brent refuse to use the Visa card which his parents have given him for the trip? What does this say about his new sense of responsibility?

10. Emil makes a comment to Brent that his father had told him that teachers live forever through their students. When Brent hears this, what person in his past comes to mind? What do her words mean to Brent at the time she speaks to him? What realization has Emil's sharing brought to Brent?

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