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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. How does Jerry look?
(a) Reserved and classic-looking.
(b) Wealthy and sophisticated.
(c) Shy and quiet.
(d) More unkempt, disheveled and rugged.

2. What does Jerry tell Peter he will learn all about?
(a) How he killed a man
(b) What he did to a dog
(c) What his landlady is like
(d) What he saw at the zoo

3. What does Jerry keep doing to Peter?
(a) Annoying him.
(b) Teasing him.
(c) Interrupting him from his paper.
(d) Pushing him.

4. When did Jerry ask questions about the zoo?
(a) When the two first met moments earlier.
(b) He has not yet asked a question about the zoo.
(c) Just a moment ago.
(d) Peter had asked Jerry about the zoo.

5. Fill in the blank: "But that was the jazz of a very special ______."
(a) Lust
(b) Hotel
(c) Love
(d) Time

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Jerry walk to get to the zoo?

2. About what does a dumbstruck Peter wonder about the picture frames?

3. Why is Peter in shock about such people?

4. How does the landlady act towards Jerry?

5. What's the cross street that is to the right?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Peter wonder about the picture frames? What is Jerry's response?

2. How does Jerry calm Peter?

3. How does Jerry describe his own parents?

4. Where does Peter work?

5. What does Peter answer when Jerry asks him if he has children?

6. How does Peter respond when Jerry asks how much money he makes?

7. What is Jerry's reaction to hearing Peter's question about the zoo?

8. Describe the dog.

9. What does Jerry inform Peter he will learn all about in the papers?

10. What does Jerry begin to worry about after he wonders if Peter will tell him to get married and have parakeets?

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