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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Heinrich's mother's name?
(a) Babette.
(b) Steffie.
(c) Mother Devi.
(d) Tweedy.

2. Alfonse is an example of one of the academic emigres from where?
(a) Paris.
(b) Montreal.
(c) New York.
(d) Santa Barbara.

3. How old is Denise?
(a) Eleven.
(b) Twelve.
(c) Sixteen.
(d) Twenty four.

4. What kind of car plays a big role in the first chapters of the book, as parents drop off the college students?
(a) Station wagons.
(b) Moving vans.
(c) Sports cars.
(d) Cabs.

5. Jack says if Denise is a "pint-sized commissar," then Bee was a "silent" what?
(a) Witness.
(b) Gem.
(c) Actor.
(d) Participant.

6. Where does Murray live?
(a) In a hotel.
(b) With his children.
(c) In a rooming house.
(d) In a student dormitory.

7. What is the nickname for all males in the Browner family?
(a) Tuck.
(b) Buck.
(c) Puck.
(d) Bill.

8. Where does Babette like to run?
(a) The track.
(b) The stadium steps.
(c) On the treadmill.
(d) Around the block.

9. What color does Jack use to describe the moon when he and Babette walk home from the Church?
(a) Daffodil.
(b) Chartreuse.
(c) Sunflower.
(d) Marigold.

10. The closest airport to Blacksmith is near what city?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Iron City.
(c) Ferric.
(d) Coalville.

11. When the family sees this person on TV, they are surprised and scared.
(a) Jack.
(b) Babette.
(c) Janet.
(d) Howard.

12. In what month does the book begin?
(a) August.
(b) September.
(c) October.
(d) November.

13. Which supermarket aisle did Jack's doctor advise him to avoid?
(a) The dairy aisle.
(b) The shampoo aisle.
(c) The fruit and vegetable aisle.
(d) The frozen foods aisle.

14. What does Babette like to drink when she comes from class?
(a) Iced Tea.
(b) Seltzer.
(c) Tea.
(d) Coffee.

15. What is Heinrich's middle name?
(a) Herbert.
(b) Heinrich.
(c) Adolf.
(d) Gerhardt.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jack wear when he is in his J. A. K. persona?

2. What do Heinrich and Jack have a philosophical conversation about on the way to school?

3. Which language does Bee speak a little of?

4. What does Babette like to do with Wilder?

5. Which character says that she was thinking seriously of eating "yogurt and wheat germ" at this first lunch depicted in the novel?

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