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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the narrator, what about the winter dreams varied?
(a) Time of year and duration.
(b) Length and consistency.
(c) Quality and the seasonability.
(d) Impact and regularity.

2. Who had Dexter expected would announce dinner at Judy's house?
(a) A butler.
(b) Judy.
(c) A chef.
(d) Mr. Jones.

3. What did Dexter's winter dreams cause him to pass up?
(a) A chance to buy the golf course.
(b) Business courses at the state university.
(c) A chance to travel abroad.
(d) Attending a prestigious university.

4. When Dexter comes over for dinner, around what time does Judy finally come downstairs?
(a) Eight.
(b) Six.
(c) Seven.
(d) Nine.

5. How does the narrator describe the girl's looks?
(a) She was attractive, but too skinny.
(b) She was arrestingly beautiful.
(c) She was ugly as sin.
(d) She was alright.

6. How far from Black Bear is the place Dexter was born located?
(a) Fifty miles.
(b) One hundred miles.
(c) Five hundred miles.
(d) Ten miles.

7. Who does the person who approaches Dexter while in the raft say is waiting at the house?
(a) A woman.
(b) Mr. Jones.
(c) Dexter's mother.
(d) A man.

8. What is the name of the main character?
(a) David Brown.
(b) Marvin White.
(c) Dexter Green.
(d) Frank Black.

9. What had the main character promised Mr. Jones he would do?
(a) Go to the Masters.
(b) Work at his construction company.
(c) Work at his golf course.
(d) Go to the state tournament.

10. What reason does the main character give for quitting?
(a) "I'm going to college."
(b) "I work too hard."
(c) "I need more money."
(d) "I'm too old."

11. For how long does the caddy tell the girl and her nurse that he has to stay at the club house?
(a) Until his shift ends.
(b) Until the caddy-master gets there.
(c) All night.
(d) The rest of the day.

12. What subject do Dexter and Judy not discuss during dinner?
(a) Dexter's university.
(b) Golf.
(c) Dexter's laundry business.
(d) A near-by city.

13. What did the main character have to restrain himself from doing when the girl argued with her nurse?
(a) Laughing.
(b) Shouting.
(c) Intervening.
(d) Crying.

14. According to the narrator, an enormous thing happened near the fifteenth green because of what?
(a) Dexter's winter dreams.
(b) A ball Mr. Hart lost.
(c) Mr. T. A. Hedrick's bad luck.
(d) A lack of concern by Dexter.

15. What had Dexter expected before dinner at Judy's house?
(a) H'or d'oeuvres
(b) A walk on the beach.
(c) A cocktail.
(d) A kiss.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the main character live?

2. For the second time, what of Judy's gave new direction to Dexter's life?

3. Dexter realizes that he has loved Judy since when?

4. What simile is made to describe the wind?

5. What does the person who approaches in the raft Dexter want to do?

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