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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 does Jack do on his last day in California before going to Florida with his mother?
(a) Cries in his room.
(b) Writes a poem.
(c) Smokes peyote.
(d) Goes to a movie.

2. What does Angie tell Jack she fears while they drive away from El Paso?
(a) The mountains.
(b) His addictions.
(c) Death.
(d) Loneliness.

3. Who wants to go with Jack on his journey after the farewell party?
(a) Ruth.
(b) Alyce.
(c) Raphael.
(d) Irwin.

4. What occupation does Jack have during his first visit to England years ago?
(a) Construction worker.
(b) Farmer.
(c) Soldier.
(d) Writer.

5. What is so inappropriate about Jack's visit to Raphael in Washington D.C.?
(a) He stayed too long.
(b) He did not bring work to present.
(c) He was uninvited.
(d) He was in casual dress.

Short Answer Questions

1. What surprises Jack when he first sees his friend in Africa?

2. What is Ben doing when Jack and his mother first see him?

3. Where does Jack's mother live?

4. Where is Jack planning to go after his farewell party?

5. How does Angie describe the Golden Gate Bridge?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Angie describe what love should be like to her son?

2. What does Angie convince her son to give up in his life before heading back to Florida?

3. How does Jack describe his mother as he gets ready for his trip to California with her?

4. What annoys the girls in Paris about Jack and Raphael?

5. What causes Jack's disgust for the civilized world to increase while he is on the ship heading to Africa?

6. What does Jack find when he returns to Mexico to write a new novel?

7. What is Jack's response when Alyce asks to be allowed to go with him to Africa?

8. What happens on Jack's first night in Mexico City at the end of the book?

9. How does Angie describe California after living there for a few weeks?

10. What surprises Jack when he meets a group of English Beat teenagers in London?

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