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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. When Dexter sold his business, where did he move?
(a) Chicago.
(b) New York.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) St. Louis.

4. What can Dexter hear when he relaxes on the raft?
(a) A piano.
(b) A guitar.
(c) A violin.
(d) An organ.

5. What name does the nurse give for the girl?
(a) Miss Jackson.
(b) Miss Green.
(c) Miss Jones.
(d) Miss Judy.

6. What does the narrator say watching Judy was without?
(a) Emotion.
(b) Lack of caring.
(c) Interest.
(d) Effort to the eye.

7. Where does the main character's father's grocery store rank?
(a) Fourth.
(b) Third.
(c) First.
(d) Second.

8. 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."

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

10. Who was hit in the abdomen with a golf ball?
(a) Mr. Heart.
(b) Dexter.
(c) Mr. T. A. Hedrick.
(d) Mr. Jones.

11. What business did Dexter buy?
(a) An insurance company.
(b) A partnership in a laundry.
(c) The golf course.
(d) A boat company.

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

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

14. A short while after getting into his business, Dexter had how many branches?
(a) Five.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Ten.
(d) Three.

15. Who approaches Dexter while he's on the raft?
(a) Mr. Sandwood.
(b) Dexter's mother.
(c) Mr. Jones.
(d) Judy Jones.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the main character dream of doing at the golf course in the winter?

2. Mr. Hedrick says the girl always looks as if. . .

3. How did Judy's mood at dinner make Dexter feel?

4. Who had Dexter expected would announce dinner at Judy's house?

5. What did the main character have to restrain himself from doing when the girl argued with her nurse?

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