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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Jerry tells Peter, "You've lost your bench, but defended your __________."
(a) Will
(b) Family
(c) Honor
(d) Life
2. What does Peter call Jerry?
(a) A crazy man
(b) A dog
(c) A nuisance
(d) A bum
3. What does Jerry tell the man at the hamburger place?
(a) Not to include the roll
(b) To hurry up
(c) To put poison in the bun
(d) That he is going to kill a dog.
4. Jerry continues to push and poke Peter until Peter is _________.
(a) Falling off the bench
(b) Crying
(c) Cramped at one end of the bench
(d) Slapping him
5. Peter says that he is a responsible person and a ____________.
(a) Grownup
(b) Taxpayer
(c) Husband
(d) Good man
6. What does Jerry say he is as he is hitting Peter?
(a) Hungry
(b) Crazy
(c) Obligated
(d) Tired
7. Jerry runs at Peter and ______________.
(a) Takes the knife away
(b) Impales himself with the knife
(c) Knocks him down
(d) Hits him
8. What can Peter learn from a man who lives in a roominghouse on the West Side?
(a) How to love.
(b) How to survive.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Everything.
9. When does the dog bother Jerry?
(a) Only when he comes in
(b) All the time
(c) Only when Jerry is eating
(d) Only when he leaves
10. What does Jerry ask Peter, after donning a deadly serious face?
(a) If he really wants to hear why he went to the zoo.
(b) If he really loves his life.
(c) It he wants to live.
(d) If he really believes he will make it home.
11. Peter says that he has listened to Jerry all afternoon because it seemed like Jerry needed _____________.
(a) A lesson in manners
(b) A new book to read
(c) Someone to talk to
(d) A shoulder to cry on
12. What is the answer in #97 supposed to do to the audience?
(a) Have a hypnotic effect
(b) Make them feel sorry for Peter
(c) Make them hungry
(d) Make them wonder about Jerry's sanity
13. Why does Peter want to hear no more of the story?
(a) He does not understand what Jerry is saying.
(b) He needs to get home.
(c) It is getting late.
(d) He wants to go to the zoo.
14. In what does Jerry hide the answer to #125?
(a) A bone
(b) A biscuit
(c) A bowl of water
(d) A hamburger
15. How is Peter, once again?
(a) Bored and irritated.
(b) Anxious and nervous.
(c) Antagonistic and annoyed.
(d) Excited and energetic.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Jerry have with him on the day he decides to kill the dog?
2. What does Jerry call Peter?
3. What is Jerry desperate to know?
4. Who is a richly comic person?
5. With what does Jerry explode?
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