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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. How does Mrs. Youngblood react when she realizes Joey is in love with her daughter?
(a) She is outraged.
(b) She is confused.
(c) She is apathetic.
(d) She is amused.

2. How many individual forms of torture does the narrator believe there are in the world?
(a) 741,223.
(b) 374,008.
(c) 156,324.
(d) 236,907.

3. How many spectators are at the tennis match?
(a) 4,000.
(b) 8,000.
(c) 6,000.
(d) 2,000.

4. What is the name of Joey's girl cousin?
(a) Losia.
(b) Zosia.
(c) Posia.
(d) Kosia.

5. Which of the following laws does the narrator claim demands a preface?
(a) The law of gravity.
(b) The law of attraction.
(c) The law of symmetry.
(d) The law of thermodynamics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when the ship owner's wife slaps the man sitting next to her?

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

3. Which of the following characters is not involved in the massive brawl at the end of the novel?

4. What does Joey's Aunt Hurlecka keep in the pockets of her apron?

5. How many children does Aunt Hurlecka have?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Joey and Kneadus fare while searching for the farmhand in the city?

2. How does the crowd at the tennis match respond to all the craziness going on around the field?

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

4. What is the residual effects of the battle between Syphus and Kneadus the day after?

5. What happens when Pimko also arrives outside Zuta's window while Kopyrda is still inside?

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

7. How does Kneadus react when he sees the farmhand he has been searching for working at Auntie's house?

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

9. Why does Joey create a peephole between his bedroom and Zuta's bedroom?

10. How does Mrs. Youngblood react when she realizes that Joey is in love with Zuta?

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