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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What job has Ruth taken since seeing Harry?
(a) Stenographer
(b) Makeup saleswoman
(c) Phoneboard operator
(d) Hostess at a restaurant

2. What plant does Harry suggest Mrs. Smith will have in heaven instead of rhododendrons?
(a) Sunflowers
(b) Alfalfa
(c) Corn
(d) Buckwheat

3. How does Rabbit know Ben Shamberger?
(a) From Tothero's basketball team
(b) From middle school
(c) From the army
(d) From the Five and Dime

4. In front of what building does Rabbit park his car after returning to Mt. Judge?
(a) Divinity Methodist Chapel
(b) Mt. Judge Presbyterian Hospital
(c) Sunshine Athletic Association
(d) His mother's house

5. What information does Allie tell Ruth in high school?
(a) The answers to every test
(b) How all the boys think she is pretty
(c) Her name was written on a bathroom stall
(d) That he loves her

6. Where on Tothero's body does Margaret strike him at dinner?
(a) His mouth
(b) His arm
(c) His chest
(d) His crotch

7. Which of the following is not a person that Ruth mentions at the pool when explaining why Harry thinks he has it good?
(a) Eccles
(b) Nelson
(c) Mrs. Smith
(d) Herself

8. How long has Rabbit been separated from Janice at the beginning of this section?
(a) 3 weeks
(b) 5 months
(c) 1 year
(d) 2 months

9. What does Harry borrow from Tothero before they go to eat dinner?
(a) A tie
(b) A shirt
(c) A jacket
(d) Shoes

10. What would Mrs. Smith tell her husband to plant rather than flowers?
(a) Buckwheat
(b) Honeysuckle
(c) Herbs
(d) Apple trees

11. To what does Mrs. Smith twice compare the Bianchi that she and her husband brought in from New York?
(a) A cavalryman
(b) A prince
(c) A whore
(d) A swan

12. What actress does Ruth mockingly suggest is a prostitute when they go to the movies?
(a) Grace Kelly
(b) Kim Novak
(c) Audrey Hepburn
(d) Ingrid Bergman

13. What television show do Janis and Harry watch?
(a) The Evening News
(b) The Mouseketeers
(c) The Twilight Zone
(d) Leave it to Beaver

14. During what Catholic holy day does this section of reading take place?
(a) All Saints Day
(b) Palm Sunday
(c) May Day
(d) Good Friday

15. With which religious designation does Eccles characterize his reactionary father?
(a) Darwinian Deist
(b) Eastern Orthodox
(c) Calvinist
(d) Anglo-Catholic

Short Answer Questions

1. About how old was Mrs. Smith's son when he was killed in World War II?

2. On the way to meet their girls, to what animal does Tothero compare women?

3. By the end of the pickup game at the beginning of the novel, how many boys are playing with Harry?

4. In what month does this section of reading take place?

5. What is the only skyscraper in Brewer?

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