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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sammy worry about after getting off the bus at the health center?
(a) How much money he has left.
(b) Getting hit by a car.
(c) If he paid the correct fare.
(d) That someone will rob him.

2. Who does Sammy borrow a saw from, to cut off the head of a mop?
(a) Boab.
(b) Tan.
(c) Billie.
(d) Charlie.

3. What does Sammy smoke when he rides the bus?
(a) Cigarettes.
(b) Cloves.
(c) He doesn't smoke.
(d) Cigars.

4. After making his doctor's appointment, where does Sammy end up getting food?
(a) The grocery store.
(b) The pub.
(c) A street vendor.
(d) His friend's house.

5. How does Sammy provoke the group of policemen?
(a) He punches one of them.
(b) He assaults a tourist.
(c) He swears at them in Russian.
(d) He spits on all of them.

6. What keeps Sammy going in spite of his setbacks?
(a) Money.
(b) Helen.
(c) Religion.
(d) Optimism.

7. When Sammy gets out of jail, where does he think Helen is?
(a) At work.
(b) Shopping.
(c) Visiting friends.
(d) At her mother's.

8. When Sammy is dismissed from jail, blind, what is his mental state?
(a) Confident.
(b) Positive.
(c) Unstable.
(d) Euphoric.

9. Sammy asks the first interviewer at the health center to remove what from the computer records?
(a) His middle name.
(b) His birth date.
(c) His address.
(d) Information given in casual conversation.

10. How do the police respond to Sammy's reaction to his lack of sight?
(a) They are amused.
(b) They envy him.
(c) They applaud him.
(d) They are irritated.

11. Where did Sammy meet Jackie Milligan?
(a) Betting shops.
(b) His sister's house.
(c) The pub.
(d) The shooting range.

12. What irritates Sammy while he waits at the health center?
(a) That there is no food.
(b) He is very thirsty.
(c) The room is too hot.
(d) A boy bragging about a fight.

13. After getting out of jail, what does Sammy attempt to do without assistance?
(a) Iron his shirt.
(b) Drive Helen's car.
(c) Cook dinner.
(d) Walk to the unemployment office.

14. After Sammy's first interview at the health center, how does he feel?
(a) Hopeful.
(b) Angry.
(c) Excited.
(d) Sad.

15. How does Sammy get home after making his doctor appointment?
(a) He takes the bus.
(b) Boab picks him up.
(c) He walks.
(d) With the help of a seeing-eye dog.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Sammy when he met Jackie Milligan?

2. At the health center, the security guard directs Sammy to go where?

3. Sammy mistakes the group of policeman for who?

4. What happens to Sammy directly after the encounter with the policemen?

5. What upsets Sammy during his interview at the health center?

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