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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Seymour do to Sybil right before they get out of the water?
(a) He shows her the fish he is looking for.
(b) He kisses one of her feet.
(c) He drops her into the water.
(d) He splashes her.

2. Who pays the Chief?
(a) The city.
(b) The school.
(c) The boys.
(d) The parents.

3. Who does Eloise call an "unattractive Bela Lugosi"?
(a) Mr. Weyinburg.
(b) Dr. Whiting.
(c) Frank Henke.
(d) Uncle Wiggily.

4. Who is Muriel Glass speaking with on the telephone at the beginning of the story, A Perfect Day for Bananafish?
(a) The hotel operator.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her husband.
(d) Her brother.

5. What is physically wrong with Ramona?
(a) She is blind.
(b) She has bad eyes.
(c) She has a bald spot.
(d) She has a breathing disorder.

6. How does Jimmy Jimmereeno die?
(a) He gets run over by a car.
(b) He dies in WWII battle.
(c) He dies of cancer.
(d) He dies of old age.

7. How does Walt die?
(a) In a car accident.
(b) Old age.
(c) In combat.
(d) A stove explodes.

8. How is Seymour pushing Sybil in the water?
(a) On a float.
(b) With his hands.
(c) She's swimming on her own.
(d) With the help of water wings.

9. What does Seymour wear to the beach?
(a) A baseball cap and sunglasses.
(b) A long pair of pants.
(c) A backpack filled with sheet music.
(d) A tightly closed robe.

10. How many male characters appear on the scene in the story, Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) None.
(d) Five.

11. What is Muriel doing when Seymour returns from the beach?
(a) She is painting her toe nails.
(b) She is taking a shower.
(c) She is sleeping.
(d) She is talking on the phone.

12. Who is Lew?
(a) Mary Jane's boss.
(b) Mary Jane's ex-husband.
(c) The butler.
(d) Eloise's husband.

13. How old is the main character in 1928?
(a) Eight.
(b) 18.
(c) Nine.
(d) 19.

14. Why does Ginnie need money before Monday?
(a) She is going to the movies.
(b) She is going to pay back her father.
(c) She is going to buy tennis balls.
(d) She is going to buy a new rackett.

15. Why does Eloise marry her husband?
(a) He says he loves Jane Austen.
(b) He makes her laugh.
(c) He is nice to her.
(d) He is the most handsome man she's ever met.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Seymour call 'Miss Spiritual Tramp of 1948'?

2. What room number is Muriel Glass staying in at the hotel?

3. How many kids are in the Comanche Club?

4. Eloise thinks that if you are going to be a nun, you should at least______?

5. How does Ginnie describe Selena's brother?

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