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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 was Michael's favorite television series as a kid?
(a) Bewitched.
(b) Cheers.
(c) Newhart.
(d) Mork and Mindy.

2. What song did Penelope play on the piano after breaking her nose?
(a) Moonlight Sonata.
(b) Carmina Burana.
(c) The Four Seasons.
(d) Canon in D.

3. Who is referred to as "the moneymaker, the friendly one" in "Warming Up the Clay Way" (19)?
(a) Rory.
(b) Clay.
(c) Henry.
(d) Matthew.

4. Whose letter did Clay read first in "War of the Roses"?
(a) Tommy's.
(b) Jack's.
(c) Henry's.
(d) Matthew's.

5. At what time does Matthew say the Murderer arrived in "Portrait of a Killer as a Middle-Aged Man"?
(a) 3:00.
(b) 7:00.
(c) 5:00.
(d) 6:00.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Michael's mother's profession?

2. What did Michael's mother demand of him in order to let him have the "Men Who Changed the World" calendar?

3. In "Bernborough," Matthew says, "On days like these, Henry had rules" (27). What was the first rule?

4. How did Michael propose to Penelope?

5. When did the East German government announce that all GDR citizens could visit West Germany and West Berlin?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the symbolic significance of the "ol' TW" in the novel (149)?

2. Where is the Murderer when Matthew finds him in the house in Part 1? What is he doing?

3. What pets do the Dunbars have? What is the significance of their names?

4. How is the setting of The Surrounds described?

5. How is Clay greeted upon returning to the Dunbar home in Part 4?

6. How did Michael propose to Penelope? How did she respond?

7. Where did Penelope go after fleeing the Eastern Bloc as a refugee?

8. Who does "the Murderer" refer to and why does he come to the Dunbar home?

9. What inner conflicts does Clay face regarding returning home after he has spent time at his father's home?

10. How did Clay obtain Michael's address?

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