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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. When do the Levy daughters say they will come home again?
(a) When Gus raises the workers wages.
(b) When their parents divorce.
(c) When Gus shuts down the factory.
(d) When Gus sacks Miss Trixie.

2. What does Irene say her son has done since leaving college?
(a) Watched television
(b) Laid in bed
(c) Written a novel
(d) Worked in macdonalds

3. What is the name of the factory foreman?
(a) Mr. Luckman
(b) Mr. Smith
(c) Mr. Fuchs
(d) Mr. Palermo

4. In front of what store is Ignatius standing?
(a) M. E. Waugh
(b) Arding and Hobbs
(c) Walmart
(d) D.H. Holmes

5. What is the name of the bar the Reillys enter?
(a) The Joy Boy Bar
(b) The Lipo Junction
(c) The Night of the Iguana
(d) The Night of Joy Bar

Short Answer Questions

1. How much time does Ignatius spend in college?

2. What is the title of Ignatius' new project?

3. Ignatius' only interview results in ________.

4. What kind of bird does Darlene own?

5. For what does Darlene use the cockatoo?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ignatius write in The Journal of a Working Boy?

2. What does Ignatius think about his new colleagues?

3. What excuse does Ignatius make for not selling any hot dogs?

4. How has Ignatius tried to bring peace to his house?

5. In what way is Gus Levy isolated from his family?

6. Why does Ignatius claim he goes to the movies?

7. How does the beginning of the novel immediately show Irene as an eccentric, but neurotic woman?

8. Why does Ignatius decide to accept the job at Levy Pants?

9. What are Gus's criticisims of his wife?

10. Describe the outside of Ignatius' and Irene's house?

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