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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who assisted Penelope's suicide?
(a) Tommy.
(b) Henry.
(c) Clay.
(d) Matthew.

2. When did Matthew and his brothers load up the car to go to their father's home in "Football in the River"?
(a) July.
(b) March.
(c) September.
(d) December.

3. In what grade was Matthew when Jimmy Hartnell began bullying him about playing piano?
(a) Ninth.
(b) Third.
(c) Sixth.
(d) Fourth.

4. Where was Penelope's body found?
(a) In her bedroom.
(b) In the hospital lounge.
(c) In the garage.
(d) In a church.

5. How old was Matthew when his mother began getting sick?
(a) 14.
(b) 9.
(c) 12.
(d) 8.

6. Upon what horse that Carey rode were her bike combination numbers based?
(a) Aeschylus.
(b) Agamemnon.
(c) The Spaniard.
(d) The Rocketeer.

7. What Trojan hero did Achilles slay outside the gates of Troy in the Trojan War?
(a) Hector.
(b) Agamemnon.
(c) Eros.
(d) Dieter.

8. What does the term "Achilles heel" refer to?
(a) A point of weakness.
(b) A point of strength.
(c) An upward battle.
(d) A fated destiny.

9. Who got hit with a boot in the face in "Growing Up the Dunbar Way"?
(a) Tommy.
(b) Henry.
(c) Matthew.
(d) Clay.

10. Who was the man selling the mule in "Love in the Time of Chaos"?
(a) Walter.
(b) Malcolm.
(c) Freddie.
(d) Jack.

11. What color was Carey's hair?
(a) Blonde.
(b) Auburn.
(c) Black.
(d) Brown.

12. Where did Michelangelo learn about marble?
(a) Settignano.
(b) Milan.
(c) Amsterdam.
(d) Florence.

13. Who is the subject of the painting that Michael has painted in the end of the novel?
(a) Penelope.
(b) Matthew.
(c) Clay.
(d) Carey.

14. How old was Tommy when he got lost in the city looking for the museum in "Survival of the Dunbar Boys"?
(a) 15.
(b) 10.
(c) 14.
(d) 12.

15. In what book did Ms. Kirkby place her number when loaning it to Clay in "The Warm-Armed Claudia Kirkby"?
(a) Sonnyboy and Chief.
(b) The Odyssey.
(c) The Iliad.
(d) The Battle of East Fifteenth Street.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long after his father's disappearance did Clay begin looking for him?

2. In what amount of time did the Devil claim he would build a bridge in the story from "Pact with the Devil"?

3. What did the company produce where Matthew worked when his mother died?

4. On what street in Calamia did Carey's family have a house?

5. How old was Carey when she began writing to a horse trainer about becoming a jockey, according to the narrative in "The Arguments"?

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