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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the primary purpose of sex, according to Chapter 11, Retreat, Retreat?
(a) There is no purpose.
(b) Pleasure.
(c) Procreation.
(d) Fulfill desire.

2. Who is Barbara, in Chapter 10, Double Dating with Felix Lindor?
(a) Eddie's date and friend.
(b) Eddie's girlfriend.
(c) Tim's date.
(d) Felix's date's best friend.

3. What is subordinated to one's sex drive, in Chapter 11, Retreat, Retreat?
(a) Satisfaction.
(b) Procreation and companionship.
(c) Companionship and satisfaction.
(d) Procreation.

4. What happens after Timmy's final senior performance?
(a) He breaks his arm.
(b) He breaks his leg.
(c) Nothing.
(d) He breaks his nose.

5. What are students told to do if they are tempted to commit a mortal sin?
(a) Stick their finger in a flame.
(b) Confess.
(c) Pray.
(d) Go to Mass.

6. What primarily focuses on the sins of sex in the Catholic school?
(a) Sermons.
(b) Prayer meetings.
(c) Mass.
(d) Religion classes.

7. Where does Eddie go to warm up, while he is out wandering aimlessly during the sock hop?
(a) Tim's.
(b) Felix's.
(c) Una's.
(d) Tom's.

8. Where do the two couples end up, at the end of Chapter 10, Double Dating with Felix Lindor?
(a) Stranded on the hill.
(b) The police station.
(c) At home.
(d) In a barn.

9. Who does Eddie sell his first car to?
(a) A boy in his neighborhood.
(b) Felix.
(c) Tim.
(d) Bippo.

10. What does Eddie, as an adult, realize about Mr. Kascher?
(a) He cared about his students.
(b) He did drugs.
(c) He was a bad teacher.
(d) He was the only good teacher.

11. How does Eddie perceive graduation?
(a) The end to one chapter in his life.
(b) Like a "McDonald's event."
(c) Like Mass.
(d) Like a sporting event.

12. What fascination wanes with Eddie, in Chapter 15, The Jolly Season?
(a) Christmas.
(b) Thanksgiving.
(c) Fourth of July.
(d) Easter.

13. Why is Eddie's first car an immediate disaster?
(a) It won't start at all.
(b) It guzzles gas.
(c) It won't restart.
(d) It has no AC.

14. Which of the following were NOT examples of places Catholic boys tried to touch girls?
(a) A school dance.
(b) An amusement park.
(c) A drive-in.
(d) A party.

15. What do good teachers enjoy with their students, according to Powers in Chapter 9, Among Others and Smooth Eddie?
(a) A beer.
(b) Giving knowledge.
(c) Seeing maturity.
(d) A good relationship.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mr. Kasher disregard that makes the students like him?

2. Who does Eddie plan go to the sock hop with?

3. What is mandatory for students to attend in all Catholic schools?

4. What is the feeling the reader gets about Eddie's future, at the end of Do Black Patent-leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?

5. What is not considered a sin of sex, in Chapter 11, Retreat Retreat??

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