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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do department heads wear at the College-on-the-Hill?
(a) Academic robes.
(b) Lab coats.
(c) Suits.
(d) Jeans.

2. What is the word the narrator uses to describe Babette's size?
(a) Ample.
(b) Waifish.
(c) Brawny.
(d) Broad.

3. Who comes over to watch TV with some of the Gladney children?
(a) Murray.
(b) Tweedy.
(c) Eric.
(d) Howard.

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

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

6. How much is tuition at the College-on-the-Hill?
(a) Fourteen thousand dollars.
(b) Nine thousand dollars.
(c) Thirty-three thousand dollars.
(d) Thirty thousand dollars.

7. How old is Jack going to be?
(a) 55
(b) 51
(c) 59
(d) 49

8. What is happening to Heinrich's hair?
(a) It is receding.
(b) It is turning gray.
(c) It is becoming curly.
(d) It is growing long.

9. Which family member avoids the crowd in Steffie's room?
(a) Heinrich.
(b) Steffie.
(c) Jack.
(d) Wilder.

10. Where does Denise find Babette's Dylar bottle?
(a) In Babette's purse.
(b) In the recycling bin.
(c) In the trash under the kitchen sink.
(d) In the backyard.

11. In what year did the narrator invent his academic department?
(a) 1984.
(b) 1958.
(c) 1968.
(d) 1948.

12. Who is the narrator of this novel?
(a) Jack.
(b) Murray.
(c) Howard.
(d) Babette.

13. How does Jack describe his German teacher's complexion?
(a) Albino.
(b) Tawny.
(c) Flesh-colored.
(d) Wan.

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

15. What does she teach there?
(a) Needlepoint.
(b) Aerobics.
(c) Singing.
(d) Posture.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the town where this novel is set?

2. What is the relationship between Dana Breedlove and Jack.

3. Who was Gladys?

4. In the car, Heinrich offers five dollars to anyone who can name the population of which country?

5. Heinrich interrupts Jack and his sisters as they look through what book?

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