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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much money did Dexter borrow to start his business?
(a) A thousand dollars.
(b) A million dollars.
(c) One hundred thousand dollars.
(d) Ten thousand dollars.

2. According to Dexter, to be careless in dress and manner required more confidence than what?
(a) To go barefoot.
(b) An ox.
(c) To run for president.
(d) To be careful.

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

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

5. What is the name of the Golf Club?
(a) Black Bear Golf Club.
(b) Sherry Island Golf Club.
(c) St. James Golf Club.
(d) Whispering Meadows Golf Club.

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

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

8. What does Judy wear when she comes downstairs for her dinner with Dexter?
(a) Jeans and a T-shirt.
(b) A night-gown.
(c) A blue silk afternoon dress.
(d) An evening-gown.

9. Within a year of getting into the laundry business, Dexter was catering to the trade that wore what?
(a) Diamond Earrings.
(b) Knickerbockers.
(c) Gold rings.
(d) Gold watches.

10. What simile is used to describe some of the caddies?
(a) Strong as oaks.
(b) Rich as chocolate.
(c) Cold as frost.
(d) Poor as sin.

11. What does the person who approaches in the raft Dexter want to do?
(a) Ski.
(b) Drive a notor-boat.
(c) Surf.
(d) Fish.

12. Who made the suit Dexter wore to Judy's house?
(a) The best tailors in Egypt.
(b) The cheapest tailors in America.
(c) The best tailors in Europe.
(d) The best tailors in America.

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

14. What is the name of the best grocery store?
(a) The Wheel.
(b) The Hub.
(c) The Rim.
(d) The Tire.

15. According to the narrator, what did Dexter desire?
(a) Glittering things themself.
(b) Association with glittering things.
(c) Association with glittering people.
(d) A wealthy, beautiful wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Judy say won't be joining her and Dexter for dinner?

2. What simile is made to describe the wind?

3. In what state does Chapter 1 take place?

4. What did people like to say about Dexter when he returned to Black Bear?

5. When Dexter comes over for dinner, around what time does Judy finally come downstairs?

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