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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. Which of the following items is not an element noodles can be broken down into, according to Momsen?
(a) Salt.
(b) Flour.
(c) Milk.
(d) Eggs.

2. What hurtful name does the schoolgirl call Joey when he is sitting in her bedroom?
(a) A clown.
(b) A doofus.
(c) A dog.
(d) A child.

3. Which musician does the narrator claim audiences appreciate only because the larger musical world tells them to?
(a) Beethoven.
(b) Chopin.
(c) Bach.
(d) Tschikovsky.

4. Which of the following actions is not something the children do to try to prove Pimko wrong in his theories about them?
(a) They start swearing.
(b) They start shredding his notes.
(c) They start writing graffiti.
(d) They start fighting.

5. Where does Joey think he is going in life?
(a) Joey thinks he's headed toward success.
(b) Joey thinks he's headed for failure.
(c) Joey thinks he's going to careen out of control.
(d) Joey doesn't think he's going anywhere.

Short Answer Questions

1. What grade does Joey enroll in at the Piórkowski school?

2. Which of the following adjectives best describes Doctor T. Pimko?

3. What question does the schoolgirl ask Joey over and over and over when he is in her bedroom?

4. Which of the schoolgirl's body parts are most intriguing to Joey when he first meets her?

5. Which of the following nicknames does Dr. Pimko give to Joey?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the narrator feel about Chopin?

2. What type of writers does Joey find most annoying in the literary world?

3. How do the students in Joey's English class feel about the Polish poet, Slsowacki?

4. At the opening of the novel, how does Joey feel when he first wakes from sleep?

5. Who is Doctor Filidor?

6. What is Mrs. Youngblood's reaction to Joey's age?

7. Why does Kneadus burst into the Youngblood family home soon after Joey moves in with the family?

8. How do the students in Joey's class respond when they are asked to translate Latin?

9. What division takes place on the schoolyard after Pimko's notes have been read?

10. What community does the narrator claim is the stupidest community of all, and why?

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