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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Selena's father do for a living?
(a) He makes tennis balls.
(b) He sells on the stock market.
(c) He is in the military.
(d) He is an English teacher.

3. Where does Mary Jane get the cameo brooch she is wearing?
(a) She finds it in college.
(b) She buys it.
(c) From her mom.
(d) From Eloise.

4. Who is Franklin?
(a) Selena's brother.
(b) Ginnie's father.
(c) Ginnie's brother.
(d) Selena's father.

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

6. Who is Sybil Carpenter?
(a) A five-year-old girl staying at the hotel.
(b) A friend of Muriel's family.
(c) A 55-year-old woman on vacation with her son.
(d) A nurse.

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

8. Where is the Chief from?
(a) New Jersey.
(b) Statan Island.
(c) New York.
(d) Manhattan.

9. How old is Ginnie?
(a) 14.
(b) 16.
(c) 15.
(d) 13.

10. Who talks to Dr. Sivetski about Seymour's condition?
(a) Muriel's father.
(b) Seymour.
(c) Muriel.
(d) Muriel's mother.

11. What does the Laughing Man subsist on?
(a) Pork and beans.
(b) Steak and potatoes.
(c) Vegetables.
(d) Rice and eagles' blood.

12. How many New York advertising men are staying at the same hotel as Muriel Glass?
(a) 107.
(b) 77.
(c) 57.
(d) 97.

13. Where does Selena's brother meet Ginnie's sister?
(a) At prom.
(b) In the park.
(c) At a Christmas party.
(d) At school.

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

15. Who graduates from college first, Mary Jane or Eloise?
(a) Mary Jane.
(b) Eloise.
(c) They are still in college.
(d) Neither of them graduated.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Akim Tmiroff?

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

3. Who does Muriel speak with at the hotel about Seymour?

4. How old is the main character in 1928?

5. When Seymour returns to the room, what does he take out of the suitcase?

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