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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. Why does he feel this way?
(a) He does not like to listen to people talk about their lives.
(b) Jerry is doing so much talking.
(c) He enjoys Jerry's company.
(d) This stranger is asking him such personal questions.

2. What does Peter's company work on?
(a) Patents
(b) Textbooks
(c) Patients
(d) Classrooms

3. What does an uncomfortable Peter wonder about Jerry?
(a) Why Jerry is in the park.
(b) Why Jerry is talking to him.
(c) Why Jerry lives in such a nice place.
(d) Why Jerry lives in such a place.

4. How does Peter respond to this question?
(a) He rents an apartment.
(b) He has two, but will have no more.
(c) He has a good job.
(d) He does not have a wife.

5. On hearing this question, how does Jerry react?
(a) Nervous.
(b) Bewildered.
(c) Angry.
(d) Excited.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Peter do to fill the space?

2. Who does Jerry abhor?

3. How does Peter laugh?

4. When Jerry talks about being with ladies, he says that most of them wouldn't be caught in the same room with a _______.

5. How does Peter look?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Jerry bothering Peter?

2. What does Jerry do when he realizes he has upset Peter? How does Peter respond?

3. How much does Peter make at his job per year?

4. What does Jerry admit to as Peter is pushed all the way over to one side of the bench?

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

6. Where does Peter work?

7. Describe the dog.

8. Why did Jerry go to the zoo in the first place?

9. Where does Peter incorrectly assume that Jerry lives?

10. How does Peter react at the end of the story?

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