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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What tempts Jack to go into another line of work, according to his own thoughts, on the day the toys are returned?
(a) Spending his life with Gia and Vicky.
(b) The children he sees with AIDS.
(c) His love for boats and water.
(d) Taking care of his ailing father.

2. What does Alicia's lawyer say to her when she first speaks to him in the novel?
(a) That he has good news.
(b) That he has bad news.
(c) That he forgot his umbrella.
(d) That he is running late.

3. Where does Kemel want to go?
(a) Boston.
(b) Riyadh.
(c) Tehran.
(d) Jerusalem.

4. How does Alicia respond to the information that Will Matthews gives her at their Friday meeting?
(a) She is worried.
(b) She is scared.
(c) She is greatly upset.
(d) She is happy.

5. How much does Alicia ask for the Clayton House during her negotiations with Gordon Haffner?
(a) $1 million.
(b) $20 million.
(c) $500,000.
(d) $10 million.

6. Who is Milkdud?
(a) Someone who works with Yoshio Takita.
(b) A friend of Jack's.
(c) A friend of Vicky and Gia's.
(d) A volunteer at the Center.

7. What object does Jack place in the Victorian House?
(a) A framed photograph.
(b) A potted plant.
(c) A large painting.
(d) An umbrella stand.

8. What does Jack's father want him to do?
(a) Find a job that makes money.
(b) Move to Florida.
(c) Move back home.
(d) Get married.

9. What does Kemel want Sam Baker to tell him about Alicia?
(a) Why she is talking to Jack.
(b) If she tries to access her trust fund.
(c) If she hires another lawyer.
(d) If she goes to the Clayton House.

10. What does Will Matthews tell Alicia he has arranged at their Friday meeting?
(a) For a carriage ride after the show.
(b) To have the molester caught with a child.
(c) To have the molested child placed with extended family.
(d) To have the molested child buried.

11. Who calls Alicia after her lunch meeting?
(a) Gia.
(b) A therapist.
(c) An arsonist.
(d) Sam Baker.

12. What object frightens Alicia when she and Jack first meet?
(a) A stray dog.
(b) His gun.
(c) The sight of a car she has seen before.
(d) The sight of a man who is following her.

13. What is the name of Sam Baker's nephew (Karen's son)?
(a) Kenny.
(b) Tristan.
(c) Sammy.
(d) Lester.

14. Why is Alicia home, rather than at work, on a Tuesday?
(a) She has taken the day off.
(b) She works a rotating schedule.
(c) She is always off on Tuesdays.
(d) She is sick.

15. What does Abe supply Jack with?
(a) Weapons.
(b) Drugs.
(c) Passports and IDs.
(d) A list of names.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Jorge?

2. What happens to the Nail after arriving to the Center for Children with AIDS?

3. What does Jack discover in the Victorian house?

4. Who is Harry Wolff?

5. Who works at the Center for Children with AIDS in NYC?

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