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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. Who is allegedly in the CIA?
(a) Howard.
(b) Steffie's mother.
(c) Babette.
(d) Murray.

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

3. Who is Bee's mother?
(a) Babette.
(b) Tweedy Browner.
(c) Steffie.
(d) Mother Devi.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the psychic live?

2. At which college is the department located?

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

4. What was the name of the psychic the police used to help them find Mr. Treadwell?

5. What fabric does Murray customarily dress in?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the chancellor suggest that Jack should change his persona, and what does he suggest?

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

3. Why did Babette want to see "station-wagon" day?

4. Describe the student body of the College-on-the-Hill.

5. What is so shocking about Jack's trouble with German?

6. What does Bee claim about the conflict between her mother and stepfather?

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

8. Why does Murray come over to watch television with the kids?

9. What is Babette's attitude toward parents watching television with their children?

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

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