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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the narrator think Esme should wear her watch instead of her wrist?
(a) Around her neck.
(b) Around her leg.
(c) Around her head.
(d) Around her waist.

2. How many total teeth are pulled from the narrator's mouth throughout the story, De Daumier-Smith's Blue Period?
(a) Eight.
(b) Four.
(c) Five.
(d) Two.

3. What artist does the narrator most resemble?
(a) El Grecco.
(b) Da Vinci.
(c) Raphael.
(d) Michelangelo.

4. Who is Sandra?
(a) The mother.
(b) The maid.
(c) The sister.
(d) The neighbor.

5. Who does Lee say is Arthur's worst enemy?
(a) Lee.
(b) Joanie.
(c) Junior.
(d) Arthur.

6. Who wins the race back to the house at the end of the story, Down at the Dinghy?
(a) Lionel's father.
(b) Lionel.
(c) Boo Boo.
(d) Lionel's neighbor.

7. Where do Arthur and Lee live?
(a) New Jersey.
(b) New York City.
(c) Boston.
(d) Connecticut.

8. Where are Mrs. Snell's matches from?
(a) The Stork Club.
(b) The Beak Club.
(c) The Front Room.
(d) The Beach Club.

9. Why is the narrator of De Daumier-Smith's Blue Period going to art school?
(a) To make Bobby happy.
(b) To fill the time during the day.
(c) To help his commercial art career.
(d) To meet women.

10. How many keys are on the key chain that Boo Boo gives to Lionel?
(a) 15.
(b) 5.
(c) 100.
(d) 10.

11. Why does the narrator say he hates chairs?
(a) He is nervous.
(b) He is being rude.
(c) He is joking.
(d) He wants` Yoshoto to feel bad.

12. Why does Bobby move the family to Paris?
(a) To learn how to speak French.
(b) For his new job.
(c) To find a job.
(d) To escape the Great Depression.

13. Where does the narrator accept a job in De Daumier-Smith's Blue Period?
(a) New York.
(b) New Jersey.
(c) Canada.
(d) Paris.

14. What does Esme want to read about most?
(a) Riddles.
(b) Squalor.
(c) Her father.
(d) Love.

15. Why doesn't Arthur leave his wife?
(a) He loves her too much.
(b) She makes him laugh too much.
(c) He feels sorry for her.
(d) She starts treating him better.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose work does the narrator still recall clearly after many years?

2. What job does the narrator accept under the name, Jean de Daumier-Smith?

3. How do you describe Lee, from the story, Pretty Mouth and Green my Eyes?

4. What is Esme training herself to be?

5. What song is Boo Boo singing on the way to the Dinghy?

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