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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What job did Ben's father used to have?
(a) He was a lawyer.
(b) He was a landscaper.
(c) He was a doctor.
(d) He was a television weatherperson.

2. What does Ben ask Mitsuko in Chapter 26?
(a) For her to leave.
(b) For her to ask Mike to come back for Ben.
(c) For a story about Mike.
(d) For a loan of a small amount of money.

3. Where is Mike going in Chapter 1?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Osaka.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) Singapore.

4. When did Mike's mother's visits stop?
(a) When Mike got sick.
(b) When Ben moved in with Mike.
(c) When Mike's mother got sick.
(d) When Mike's mother moved to Chicago.

5. What did Mike always bring Ben from work?
(a) Beer.
(b) Paper plates.
(c) Food he had cooked himself.
(d) Liquor.

6. In Chapter 29, what does Ben ask Mitsuko about?
(a) How she cracks an egg with her palm.
(b) How she gets the chicken so crispy.
(c) How she makes her rice.
(d) How she gets her hair like that.

7. In Chapter 18, what does Ben nearly hit in the road driving home from work?
(a) A dog.
(b) A pigeon.
(c) A coyote.
(d) A cat.

8. Where do Mitsuko and Ben go together in Chapter 31?
(a) The grocery store.
(b) School.
(c) Ben's work.
(d) An abandoned church.

9. In Chapter 7, what impresses Mike that Mitsuko handles while cooking?
(a) Slicing sushi.
(b) Cutting up a chicken.
(c) Deveining shrimp.
(d) Frying sausages.

10. What does Lydia's text to Ben in Chapter 16 say?
(a) Lydia uses "LMAO" and expresses surprise that Ben went to see their father.
(b) Lydia asks Ben to come over to her apartment right away.
(c) Lydia asks Ben to ask Mike to do her a favor.
(d) Lydia asks Ben to check on their mother.

11. What does Omar ask Ben in Chapter 30?
(a) What he should wear to Ximena's wedding.
(b) What he should feed Ahmad.
(c) What he should do with his surplus money.
(d) How he should cut his hair next time.

12. What major struggle does Ben's father deal with?
(a) Schizophrenia.
(b) Alcoholism.
(c) Multiple Sclerosis.
(d) Fighting cancer.

13. What does Ben tell his mother she does not have to worry about in a phone conversation in Part II?
(a) Whether he is happy.
(b) Whether he is taking his medication.
(c) Whether he is financially solvent.
(d) Whether he still has a job.

14. What does Ahmad say he is doing in Chapter 8?
(a) Writing a book.
(b) Cooking for himself.
(c) Running away.
(d) Going on strike.

15. What does Ben do when Mike asks him if Ben wants Mike to come back in Chapter 22?
(a) Ben says he really wants Mike to come back.
(b) Ben does not answer.
(c) Ben says he does not want Mike to come back.
(d) Ben says he does not know what to say to that question.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ben take to his friend's house in Chapter 22?

2. Why is Mike taking his trip in Chapter 1?

3. In Chapter 14, how does Mike characterize Ben's childhood that Ben bristles at?

4. Who is Ben's sister?

5. What does Mike tell Ben about how his father treated his mother during his childhood?

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