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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. What turns Bill Ingersoll from an atheist to a Methodist?
(a) Getting hit by a train.
(b) Seeing a ghost.
(c) Taking absinthe.
(d) A flash of lightning.

2. Where is the yellow-painted drugstore that the man at the end of Chapter 1 goes to?
(a) Off Broadway.
(b) Canal Street.
(c) 42nd Street.
(d) Wall Street.

3. Morton signs the bill making New York what?
(a) The most historic place in America.
(b) The financial center of the world.
(c) The world's second metropolis.
(d) The hot dog capital of America.

4. What does Jimmy tell Stan that his cousin James Merivale is?
(a) The perfect wise virgin.
(b) A momma's boy.
(c) His best friend.
(d) A complete swine.

5. What is the name of Jimmy's aunt?
(a) Anne.
(b) Emily.
(c) Rachelle.
(d) Ellen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What stood up, vague as a sleepwalker, that Ed Thatcher sees as he looks across the Narrows?

2. Where does Ellen stay when she leaves Jojo in Chapter 7?

3. What happens that makes Captain McAvoy turn his tug abruptly?

4. As the building is burning a man tells Thatcher what about the fire's origin?

5. What does Ed's drinking buddy say of having kids?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ellen say about Stan's demeanor in regards to New YorK?

2. Why does the girl in the forget-me-not hat confront Emile in the street?

3. What does Bud witness at the corner of West Broadway and Franklin Street while he is eating peanuts?

4. Why does Nellie call George "Mr. Baldwin"?

5. What does Jimmy's mother tell him when he burns his tongue on hot mustard?

6. Why does Jimmy call up his Aunt Emily, Riverside 2466?

7. What does Jimmy Herf say to Ruth Prynne about Elaine's relationship with Jojo?

8. Why does Bud jump off the Brooklyn Bridge?

9. Where does Stan think Elaine should live instead of with all the actors?

10. Why doesn't Jimmy's mother ever laugh anymore the week before he goes back to school? How does he react?

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