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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What nationality is JB?
(a) French-Canadian.
(b) Haitian.
(c) Prussian.
(d) Jamaican.

2. Jude was caught stealing a lighter from which priest?
(a) Father Gabriel.
(b) Brother Luke.
(c) Brother Peter.
(d) Brother Michael.

3. In what season was Jude found, according to the priests?
(a) Winter.
(b) Summer.
(c) Spring.
(d) Fall.

4. What does the tortoiseshell comb symbolize?
(a) Hope.
(b) Hypocrisy.
(c) Justice.
(d) Passion.

5. Felix confides in Jude one day that he feels what emotion much of the time?
(a) Loneliness.
(b) Elation.
(c) Apathy.
(d) Ennui.

6. The bulk of Jude's pain is located in what part of his body?
(a) His back.
(b) His neck.
(c) His legs.
(d) His head.

7. Willem's friends tease him about what aspect of his character?
(a) How much attention he receives from women.
(b) How he feels about his female friends.
(c) How lazy he is in the romance department.
(d) How much attention he receives from men.

8. In what month do Harold and Julia adopt Jude?
(a) April.
(b) June.
(c) February.
(d) March.

9. Whose parents own a house on Martha's Vineyard?
(a) Jude.
(b) Malcolm.
(c) JB.
(d) Willem.

10. In hopes of progressing in his career, JB gets a job as a receptionist at what kind of establishment?
(a) A hair salon.
(b) An art magazine office.
(c) A medical office.
(d) A law office.

11. Who writes Willem a check so that he can travel home to see Hemming?
(a) Malcolm.
(b) JB.
(c) Harold.
(d) Jude.

12. Before any guests arrive to Jude and Willem's party, what action does Jude take?
(a) He falls asleep on the couch.
(b) He takes a long bubble bath.
(c) He burns himself on the stove.
(d) He lies down in bed.

13. After Harold and Jude become friends, Jude takes what position?
(a) Writing tutor.
(b) Resident advisor.
(c) Harold's teaching assistant.
(d) Harold's research assistant.

14. With what type of event do Harold, Julia, Jude, and their friends celebrate Judes' adoption?
(a) A baseball game.
(b) A party.
(c) A vacation.
(d) A cruise.

15. After what event does Willem decide that he will never go home again?
(a) His college graduation.
(b) His father's death.
(c) His mother's death.
(d) Hemming's death.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of Willem's family members dies first?

2. To what career does JB aspire in college?

3. What object did Brother Luke give to Jude on his fifth birthday?

4. What does Malcolm's father do for a living?

5. Who is looking at an apartment on Lispenard Street in the novel's opening scene?

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