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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is Boo Boo Tannenbaum?
(a) The son.
(b) The lady of the house.
(c) The shut-in living next door.
(d) The father.

3. What does the narrator's mother-in-law want him to send her?
(a) Tea.
(b) Cashmere yarn.
(c) Cheese.
(d) Olives.

4. What happens to Charles' father?
(a) He is killed in a car accident.
(b) He dies of heart failure.
(c) He is killed on D-Day.
(d) He is killed in North Africa.

5. Why is Le Amis Des Vieux Maitres closed down?
(a) It doesn't have a license.
(b) It doesn't have any students.
(c) It doesn't have any instructors.
(d) It is out of money.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the farthest distance Lionel ever runs away to?

2. Who is Lissberg?

3. Who thinks all Americans despise tea?

4. Why does the narrator say he hates chairs?

5. What does Sandra worry about weighing around the boy?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Arthur do for a living? How does the reader know?

2. Why does Lionel run away so often?

3. Why does Arthur want to move to Connecticut?

4. Why does the tea room likely suit the narrator as a place to spend his last few hours in the town rather than the Red Cross recreation room?

5. Why does Arthur think his marriage isn't working?

6. How does the story, Down at the Dinghy, end?

7. Who does Lee think Joanie goes with after the party?

8. Why is it ironic that the school closes down for not having a business license?

9. Why does Arthur call Lee in the first place of Pretty Mouth and Green my Eyes?

10. Why does Sister Irma withdraw from classes at the art school?

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