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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. What do Casey and her coworkers drink as they roll silverware in Chapter 30?
(a) Mojitos.
(b) Hot toddies.
(c) Champagne.
(d) Sangria.

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

3. To whom did the deck of cards that Casey carries once belong, according to the narrative in Chapter 31?
(a) Paco's grandmother.
(b) Casey's mother.
(c) Luke's mother.
(d) Casey's father.

4. What was the name of Oscar's wife?
(a) Jennifer.
(b) Sonya.
(c) Christina.
(d) Sarah.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the protagonist of Thunder Road lose his mother?

2. Where does Thomas announce he is going to open his own restaurant in Chapter 36?

3. Who, according to Muriel, "once said that a good story is both an allegory and a slice of life" (253)?

4. Who painted The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit?

5. How much does it cost Casey to send out her manuscripts to agents in Chapter 27?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Casey's first date with Silas like?

2. What is Muriel's response after reading Casey's' manuscript?

3. How is Casey's second date with Silas described? What do they do?

4. How does Casey's relationship progress with Oscar in Chapters 34 and 35?

5. How does Oscar behave at the book reading in Chapter 38?

6. How does Casey respond to Silas's messages in Chapter 34? Why?

7. How does Casey respond to seeing Silas at Iris in Chapter 21?

8. What happens after the reading in Chapter 38?

9. Why do Casey's father and stepmother come to her work? How does she respond?

10. How does Casey's emotional state begin to change in Chapter 36?

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