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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 Denise say causes cancer in lab animals?
(a) Asbetsos.
(b) Cigarettes.
(c) Sugarless gum.
(d) Mylex.

2. Where did Steffie and Bee meet each other?
(a) In New York.
(b) At summer camp.
(c) At a family reunion.
(d) At Disney World.

3. Eric tells Jack that he looks different without what?
(a) His glasses and gown.
(b) Babette.
(c) His suit.
(d) His children.

4. What is the minimum requirement for learning German if you want to major in Hitler studies?
(a) Fluency.
(b) One year.
(c) No requirement.
(d) Two years.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of the cemetery Jack visits?

3. Which of the children confronts Babette directly about the medication?

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

5. When Babette and Jack decide to read something erotic to each other, Jack wants a text from which century?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Babette ask if Bee and Steffie know each other?

2. Characterize Heinrich in terms of the discussion about the rain he has with Jack. What does DeLillo want us to understand about him?

3. Why is Bob Pardee passing through town?

4. Describe the scene that opens the novel, in terms of setting, action and narration.

5. Why did they evacuate the grade school in Chapter 9?

6. Why do they bring Wilder to the doctor in Chapter 16?

7. What does Babette look like?

8. What kind of exercise does Babette do? Does Jack join in?

9. Why does Jack think the Treadwells did not ask for help when they were lost?

10. Describe Jack's German teacher. What does he look like?

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