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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 sound do the boys hear as they make their way to the outskirts of the city?
(a) Dogs barking.
(b) Roosters crowing.
(c) Monkeys howling.
(d) Cats mewling.

2. How does Syphus kill himself?
(a) He drowns himself.
(b) He poisons himself.
(c) He shoots himself.
(d) He hangs himself.

3. Which of the following groups of men almost passes as "good enough" for Kneadus' desire to meet a farmhand?
(a) Appentice hunters.
(b) Janitor's sons.
(c) Opera singers.
(d) Blacksmiths.

4. How does Mr. Youngblood react when Mrs. Youngblood tells him he is acting childishly?
(a) He slaps her across the face.
(b) He ignores her completely.
(c) He begins to cry.
(d) He storms out of the house.

5. Which of the following adjectives does not describe the peasant Joey spots hiding in the outskirts of the city?
(a) Skinny.
(b) Dirty.
(c) Crazy.
(d) Tall.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the narrator, who is the counter-balance to Filibert?

2. How does Joey feel about the relationship between Pimko and the school girl?

3. Which of the following words is not one Joey writes on the wall of the Youngbloods' bathroom?

4. How does Joey peep at Zuta?

5. Which of the following genres of literature is not one the narrator believes this novel could fit into?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Joey and Kneadus reach the edge of the city in their search for the farmhand?

2. How does Auntie feel about the budding friendship between Valek and Kneadus?

3. What does the narrator of the novel think about symmetry?

4. How does Zuta react when Kopyrda sneaks through her bedroom window?

5. What does Joey see when he spies on the Youngblood family as they get ready for the morning in the bathroom?

6. What motivation does the narrator say he has for wanting to be a storyteller?

7. What happens when the Marquis de Filiberthe joins the brawl at the tennis match?

8. How does Joey feel about the decorations in Mrs. Youngblood's bedroom?

9. How does the narrator explain his beliefs that all art is an imitation?

10. How does the colonel respond to the tennis game he is watching in the 18th century?

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