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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the protagonist of Thunder Road lose his mother?
(a) To cancer.
(b) To execution.
(c) To Alzheimer's.
(d) To a car accident.

2. Based on what poem did Casey's father start calling her Casey?
(a) "Casey Kasem."
(b) "Casey's Winter."
(c) "Casey Continues."
(d) "Casey at the Bat."

3. What does Oscar make for Casey and his sons in Chapter 34?
(a) Grilled cheese sandwiches.
(b) Turkey sandwiches.
(c) Peanut butter sandwiches.
(d) Tuna and crackers.

4. What is the name of Casey's stepmother?
(a) Mary.
(b) Alicia.
(c) Ann.
(d) Sarah.

5. Where does Thomas announce he is going to open his own restaurant in Chapter 36?
(a) San Jose.
(b) Marsha's Vineyard.
(c) The Berkshires.
(d) New York City.

6. Where does Casey ride past on her bike that she and Luke said their goodbye in Chapter 31?
(a) The bridge by the river.
(b) The Sunoco station.
(c) The cemetery.
(d) Adam's front porch.

7. Where does Casey go with Oscar and his sons to play miniature golf in Chapter 36?
(a) The Berkshires.
(b) Brooklyn.
(c) Saugus.
(d) Queens.

8. Where does Casey re-set the rape scene in her novel in Chapter 27?
(a) At an office.
(b) At a library.
(c) At a circus.
(d) At a beach.

9. Where does Casey's friend Sylvie live?
(a) California.
(b) Texas.
(c) Virginia.
(d) Missouri.

10. What do Oscar and his sons want Casey to do in Chapter 35?
(a) To go back to college.
(b) To stop writing.
(c) To quit her job.
(d) To move in with them.

11. What is the name of Adam's dog?
(a) Oafie.
(b) Cali.
(c) Jesse.
(d) Ollie.

12. What does Oscar serve for dinner when Casey visits in Chapter 31?
(a) Moroccan chicken with basmati rice.
(b) Pizza and tater tots.
(c) Chicken sticks and cucumber slices.
(d) Thai green curry chicken.

13. What do Casey's father and stepmother ask her for at the restaurant in Chapter 28?
(a) Her mother's ring.
(b) Her mother's car.
(c) Her mother's necklace.
(d) Her mother's ashes.

14. Who, according to Muriel, "once said that a good story is both an allegory and a slice of life" (253)?
(a) Samuel Beckett.
(b) Kay Boyle.
(c) James Joyce.
(d) Toni Morrison.

15. Where does Casey meet Silas after he returns from his trip in Chapter 32?
(a) A Korean restaurant.
(b) A Chinese restaurant.
(c) A movie theater.
(d) A Mexican restaurant.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Muriel say happens to her when she reads something good in Chapter 25?

2. How long ago did Vera's mother die?

3. What are the names of Oscar's sons?

4. Who wrote the novel Hunger that is referenced in Chapter 38?

5. Who has asked Muriel to marry him in Chapter 39?

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