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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where else does Eugene go in this chapter?
(a) His church
(b) The quarry where his father gets stones
(c) The library
(d) The prostitute's house

2. Who is Eugene Gant?
(a) Eliza's child by Oliver's brother
(b) Another name for Steve Gant
(c) Oliver and Eliza's youngest child
(d) Oliver's brother

3. What prompts Gant's rampage in this chapter?
(a) Eugene's arrogance
(b) His own drinking
(c) Eliza's nagging
(d) His lack of money

4. What happens to Daisy in this chapter?
(a) She moves to New Orleans
(b) She is killed by a horse
(c) She gets married
(d) She becomes very ill

5. In this chapter what problem is Gant obviously still battling?
(a) Arthritis
(b) Alcoholism
(c) Prostate cancer
(d) Brights disease

6. What characteristic do most of Ben's girlfriends have in common?
(a) They are several years younger than Ben
(b) They have been dating Eugene
(c) They are prostitutes
(d) They are several years older than Ben

7. Who does Helen and Luke live with at this stage in the book (Part 2, Chapter 19)?
(a) Eliza Gant
(b) Oliver Gant
(c) Eugene Gant
(d) Steve Gant

8. Who is the previous employee?
(a) Luke
(b) Steve
(c) Jennings Ware
(d) Ben

9. What happens in Part 2, Chapter 25?
(a) World War II starts
(b) World War I starts
(c) The Civil War starts
(d) The Hundred Years War starts

10. Where does Eugene live most of the time when he is attending the Leonards' school?
(a) In a dorm at the school
(b) The Leonards' home
(c) Dixieland
(d) His father's home

11. What sibling is Eugene especially close to?
(a) Ben
(b) Steve
(c) Helen
(d) Grover

12. From time to time, where to Gant and Eugene go?
(a) Church
(b) The bar
(c) The movies
(d) The stonecutter shop

13. Why does Ben want to go to Canada to join the war?
(a) He is sick and the Army won't accept him
(b) He is not old enough
(c) The US is not yet in the War
(d) He was born in Canada

14. What event causes Eliza to go to run a boarding house?
(a) 1904 World's Series
(b) 1904 World's Fair
(c) The start of World War I
(d) The opening of the Empire State building

15. Oliver Gant became an apprentice in what trade?
(a) Stonecutter
(b) Watchmaker
(c) Jeweler
(d) Brickmason

Short Answer Questions

1. How would you characterize Eugene and school?

2. What is Eugene's principal's name?

3. How old is Eugene in chapter 22?

4. Where is Guy Doak from?

5. Who is Horse Hines?

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