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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is the narrator's first assignment from Mr. Yoshoto?
(a) Instructing students.
(b) Translating letters.
(c) Painting.
(d) Sweeping the floor.
2. Why does Arthur say his marriage isn't working?
(a) They are too far apart in age.
(b) They are mis-mated.
(c) They don't have any fun together.
(d) They don't have anything in common.
3. What does Arthur think he finds in the closets when he gets home every night?
(a) A dog.
(b) Other men.
(c) Ghosts.
(d) The neighbors.
4. What does Esme want to read about most?
(a) Squalor.
(b) Love.
(c) Her father.
(d) Riddles.
5. Who do the goggles that are thrown overboard once belong to?
(a) Uncle Webb and Uncle Seymour.
(b) Lionel.
(c) Lionel's father.
(d) Boo Boo.
6. When does Arthur start thinking about leaving his wife?
(a) Five years ago.
(b) Never.
(c) Last year.
(d) Last summer.
7. How does the narrator in the story, For Esme - with Love and Squalor, receive the wedding invitation?
(a) By air mail.
(b) By phone.
(c) By telegram.
(d) By e-mail.
8. Where are Mrs. Snell's matches from?
(a) The Beak Club.
(b) The Front Room.
(c) The Stork Club.
(d) The Beach Club.
9. Why does the narrator stop in front of the church during his walk on the last day of training?
(a) To meet some friends.
(b) To attend a religious service.
(c) To read the bulletin board.
(d) To get out of the rain.
10. Whose work does the narrator still recall clearly after many years?
(a) Mr. Yoshoto.
(b) Sister Irma.
(c) Bambi Kramer.
(d) R. Howard Ridgefield.
11. What is Esme training herself to be?
(a) More compassionate.
(b) A better reader.
(c) A better dancer.
(d) A better singer.
12. Arthur says the only people he knows in New York are Lee and a bunch of ________?
(a) Criminals.
(b) Neurotics.
(c) Drug addicts.
(d) Alcoholics.
13. Where does the narrator think Esme should wear her watch instead of her wrist?
(a) Around her head.
(b) Around her neck.
(c) Around her leg.
(d) Around her waist.
14. Where does the narrator see the talented young singer, giving him a chance to speak with her?
(a) The organ concert.
(b) The training facility.
(c) The tea room.
(d) Church.
15. How much does the job the narrator applied for under the name, Jean de Daumier-Smith, pay?
(a) $28 a week.
(b) $288 a month.
(c) $28 a day.
(d) $288 a week.
Short Answer Questions
1. How old is Lionel when he first disappears?
2. How does Bobby lose everything?
3. How old is the boy in the story, Down at the Dinghy?
4. Who is Boo Boo Tannenbaum?
5. Why does Arthur call Lee at the beginning of the story, Pretty Mouth and Green my Eyes?
This section contains 444 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) |
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