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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 does Jerry begin by telling Peter about the zoo?
(a) What his favorite animals are.
(b) How much it costs.
(c) Why he went to the zoo in the first place.
(d) When the animal shows take place.

2. What does Jerry want to know about writers?
(a) What makes them want to write.
(b) What training you need to be a writer.
(c) What they like.
(d) How much money they make.

3. Where does Jerry walk to get to the zoo?
(a) Up 21st Street
(b) Down 10th
(c) Up 5th Avenue
(d) Over 12th

4. What does Jerry further explain that there is no need to have?
(a) Pictures of his family.
(b) A picture of a girl in two frames.
(c) A family.
(d) A conversation with Peter.

5. What does his father find and bring back?
(a) Her body.
(b) A new wife.
(c) His wife, who is much healthier.
(d) A gift for his son.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who lives next to Jerry?

2. How much does Peter make each year?

3. Who is fat, ugly, mean and stupid, according to Jerry?

4. What does Jerry find to be obvious about the picture frames?

5. How does Peter respond to this question?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Peter react to Jerry's stabbing?

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

3. How does Peter end up on one side of the bench?

4. Why does Peter return to Jerry's initial question about the zoo?

5. What does Jerry to in order to even the duel between the two men?

6. What do Peter's children own for pets?

7. Why did Jerry's mother do what she did in #20, according to Jerry?

8. Where does the play The Zoo Story take place?

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

10. What does Jerry do for the first time in the play?

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