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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 is Stan doing in a mirror in Chapter 12?
(a) Eating.
(b) Sticking his tongue out.
(c) Shaving.
(d) Singing.

2. Where does Congo learn to speak American and tend bar?
(a) Istanbul.
(b) Shanghai.
(c) New York.
(d) Toronto.

3. What is Mrs. Densch afraid she is going to look like if she doesn't go to the party in her new dress?
(a) A ragged harlot.
(b) A country schoolteacher.
(c) A Southern grandmother.
(d) A poor Amish person.

4. Who is the only friend Harland has in the family?
(a) His favorite grandmother.
(b) Jimmy's mother, Lily.
(c) His son.
(d) Jimmy's Aunt Emily.

5. What does Rosie want from the flower stall in the lobby?
(a) A daisy.
(b) A carnation.
(c) A gardenia.
(d) A rose.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Jimmy tell Tony to go when he questions his sexuality?

2. What does George Baldwin think of Washington?

3. Who does Pearline brag to about Stan's ambitions?

4. What is Stan's occupation?

5. Where does Jimmy go while Ellie is having her baby?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the people at the Louis Expresso Association's Annual Dance react to Gus McNeil's presence?

2. Who does Maisie's boyfriend Jack say he has worked for?

3. What does Anna's mother say when she scolds her for her line of work?

4. When Ellen is having their baby, why does Jimmy think she is going to die?

5. What does Jimmy say to Congo concerning their comparative social status?

6. What does Congo say of Jimmy's life experience?

7. What are the virtues of its tobacco extolled by the Socony company?

8. Why does Joe Harland tell Jimmy to be careful what he does?

9. How does Pearline normally feel about fires?

10. What doe Phil think will happen if he can sell his tiles to architects?

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