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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jake say when Mr. Singer tells him about Willie?
(a) He says there is something that could be done.
(b) He says that it is a darn shame.
(c) He says he knows a good lawyer.
(d) He says the boy must have deserved it.

2. Who finds Mr. Singer's dead body?
(a) Biff Brannon.
(b) Portia.
(c) Mr. Kelly.
(d) Mick Kelly.

3. What happens when Jake asks for the names of the guards that hurt Willie?
(a) He is told not to make trouble.
(b) All the answers are correct.
(c) Portia explains Willie agreed not to do certain things.
(d) Willie is scared.

4. What happens after the Jake and Dr. Copeland talked most the night?
(a) They realize they agreed on many things, but not on how to accomplish them.
(b) They realize they both enjoy reading the same books.
(c) They realize they were hopelessly opposite in their views.
(d) They both are hungry and thirsty.

5. What does Jake observe happening around the Sunny Dixie?
(a) Simms is getting drunk there.
(b) Fights, anger, and even a murder.
(c) Children can't afford tickets.
(d) Gangs are hanging out there.

6. How does Dr. Copeland feel about Mr. Singer's death?
(a) He refuses to think about it.
(b) A dark sorrow fills his heart.
(c) He doesn't care at all.
(d) He wishes he'd been there to help his friend.

7. What epidemic keeps Dr. Copeland busy during February?
(a) Scarlet Fever.
(b) Pnemonia.
(c) Influenza.
(d) Measles.

8. Why does Portia suddenly take up drinking and arrive at her father's house drunk?
(a) Willie had both feet sawed off.
(b) She and Highboy could not pay their rent and had to move.
(c) Her husband left her for another woman.
(d) She lost her job.

9. Where is Antonapoulos when Mr. Singer goes to visit him at the asylum?
(a) Outside.
(b) In the bathroom.
(c) In the infirmary.
(d) In a private room.

10. In the narration of Part 2, Chapter 14, how are the strange feelings Mick is having described?
(a) It is like she is tired all the time.
(b) It is like she wants to get her own apartment.
(c) It is like she is waiting for something, but didn't know what.
(d) It is like she missed Harry and wanted to go find him.

11. What does Mr. Singer do to occupy himself when he misses Antonapoulos?
(a) He walks for miles around town.
(b) He starts a hobby.
(c) He listens to the radio.
(d) He gets a part time job.

12. Where does Biff go during his Sunday break?
(a) To try to watch Mick Kelly.
(b) To the playground to watch the children playing.
(c) To the playground with Baby.
(d) To see Mr. Singer.

13. What happens when Mick talked to Mr. Singer about getting a job?
(a) He nods after she tells him about it.
(b) He writes her a note saying she should take it.
(c) Nothing, he didn't understand.
(d) He smiles.

14. What does Dr. Copeland say when Jake enters his bedroom?
(a) He tells him to get out.
(b) He asks him what he wants.
(c) He gets up and shakes hands.
(d) He welcomes him inside.

15. What did Mr. Singer find out when he gets to the asylum?
(a) There are no visitors allowed.
(b) Antonapoulos has been released.
(c) His friend is quite ill.
(d) Antonapoulos has died.

Short Answer Questions

1. What changes about Mr. Singer after he learns the news at the asylum?

2. What does Jake tell Copeland's guests he wants to do?

3. What does Biff keep in the room downstairs?

4. What does Mick dream of being when she is twenty?

5. When Jake asks Willie to tell him what happened, what does Willie say?

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