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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 3, whom does Dixon wish will join his class?
(a) The pretty girls.
(b) Students who skip class.
(c) Mr. Michie.
(d) The smartest students.

2. What is Dixon's first impression of Bertrand?
(a) He is conceited.
(b) He is well educated.
(c) He is bored with life.
(d) He is angry.

3. What does Welch ask Dixon to do at the end of Chapter 1?
(a) Talk to Margaret.
(b) Give a lecture.
(c) Stay the night at his house.
(d) Write another article.

4. Who offers to help Dixon hide the burn hole on the rug?
(a) Christine.
(b) Carol.
(c) Bertrand.
(d) Welch.

5. What does Dixon do at the end of Chapter 8?
(a) Write a letter to his publisher.
(b) Take a nap.
(c) Call Bertrand.
(d) Ask Christine to the dance.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Dixon go after being kicked out of Margaret's room in Chapter 5?

2. In Chapter 5, why does Dixon worry about falling asleep?

3. How does Christine describe Dixon's trick of pretending to be a reporter?

4. In Chapter 12, what is the first thing Carol asks Dixon?

5. In Chapter 3, how does Dixon learn his article will be published?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 10, what role does Gore-Urquhart play at the dance?

2. How does Dixon end up asking Margaret to the dance?

3. How does Dixon help Christine in Chapter 9?

4. What do Margaret and Dixon talk about when she is first released from the hospital?

5. In Chapter 1, what article does Welch want published and why?

6. What happens when Dixon falls asleep smoking a cigarette at the Welches'?

7. Why can't Dixon go to his bedroom in Chapter 5?

8. How does Atkinson help Dixon in Chapter 7?

9. In Chapter 4, what makes Dixon nervous about the music?

10. In Chapter 8, what do Welch and Dixon discuss in Welch's office?

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