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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. Where did Penelope ask her family to take her for beers when she was dying?
(a) The Parisian.
(b) The East Tower.
(c) The White Horse.
(d) The Naked Arms.

2. What does Matthew describe Jimmy Hartnell as being built like in "Piano Wars" (260)?
(a) "A stocky pit-bull."
(b) "A very small supermarket."
(c) "A piano."
(d) "A sack of marshmallows."

3. Who was the principal at Rory's school when he was first suspended in "Survival of the Dunbar Boys"?
(a) Mr. Hatcher.
(b) Mr. Smith.
(c) Mr. Kimble.
(d) Mr. Holland.

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

5. Where did Clay enroll in athletics in "Love in the Time of Chaos"?
(a) Appleton.
(b) Rogerton.
(c) Chisholm.
(d) Binkley.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what days does the narrator say Clay came home to The Surrounds while working with his father in "Arkansas"?

2. What was the combination that Clay used in "The Bike Combination"?

3. Upon what horse that Carey rode were her bike combination numbers based?

4. Who is described as the champion of all the Trojans in "Love in the Time of Chaos"?

5. What actress starred in Weird Science?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Jimmy Hartnell and what role does he play in the novel?

2. Why does Clay blame himself for Carey's death?

3. What is the symbolic significance of Carey's bike lock?

4. How does Clay learn about Carey's death? What does he do?

5. How is Ted Novac described?

6. What is the framing device that is used in the novel?

7. What role did Clay play in Penelope's death?

8. What does the bridge signify in the novel?

9. How did Penelope respond when Matthew refused to practice piano in his youth?

10. What does Michael give Clay to take to Carey in Part 6?

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