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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What religion does Harry tell Mick he was?
(a) Baptist.
(b) Catholic.
(c) Jewish.
(d) Pantheist.

2. When Jake asks Willie to tell him what happened, what does Willie say?
(a) He says he was tired and in pain.
(b) He says his feet are still hurting, and no one gave them back to him.
(c) He says he wants to be left alone.
(d) He says he can't remember.

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

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

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

6. How is Mick feeling at the end of Part 3, Chapter 3?
(a) Afraid and misunderstood.
(b) Angry and bewildered.
(c) Sick and tired.
(d) Angry and cheated.

7. In Chapter 9 what is the Kellys biggest problem?
(a) Keeping track of the kids.
(b) Having enough money.
(c) Finding new boarders.
(d) Getting the house painted.

8. What happens to Mr. Singer's memories of Antonapoulos?
(a) He forgets the bad memories and maintains only the good ones.
(b) His memories are exaggerated.
(c) He starts to make stories about the memories.
(d) His memories are forgotten.

9. What is Jack Blount's dream?
(a) He is on a train.
(b) He is walking in a crowd, carrying something.
(c) He is walking on a tightrope.
(d) He is riding on the flying-jenny.

10. What does Mick suggest she and Harry do before they return to the meal?
(a) Build a raft.
(b) Swim naked.
(c) Dive in the water.
(d) Swing from a rope.

11. What does Mick dream of being when she is twenty?
(a) A world-famous composer.
(b) A singer.
(c) A popular writer.
(d) A mother.

12. What grieves Dr. Copeland the most?
(a) He is going away from his children.
(b) He is going to miss his work.
(c) He is too tired to care.
(d) He has not accomplished what he had wanted to do.

13. Who is the only person in Mick's "inside" room?
(a) Bubber.
(b) Carol Lombard.
(c) Mr. Singer.
(d) Her father.

14. Who does Biff watch for when he goes back to work in Part 2, Chapter 8?
(a) Baby.
(b) Lucille.
(c) Mick Kelly.
(d) Alice.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Biff do to the bedroom after Alice dies?

2. What happens when Jake asks for the names of the guards that hurt Willie?

3. Where is Jake Blount running as he tries to escape his problem?

4. Who starts the problem that Jake Blount is running away from?

5. What happens when Mick talked to Mr. Singer about getting a job?

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