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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. What does Bruce note about the second house he visits on this night?
(a) It is one of the happiest places his family ever lived.
(b) It should be condemned.
(c) It is much smaller than he remembered.
(d) It was the site of horrible child abuse.

2. Which girl did Bruce take to the prom?
(a) Alma.
(b) Nola.
(c) Cynthia.
(d) Ava.

3. Bruce recalls that Bailey ____________________ Nola.
(a) could take or leave.
(b) never noticed.
(c) was deeply attracted to.
(d) had no romantic interest in.

4. Why did Joe once shove Bailey into a trash can?
(a) For breaking his new ball bat.
(b) For kissing his sister.
(c) For squealing on him about test answers.
(d) For hitting on the girlfriend of the tennis club manager.

5. What is the subject of the pictures that Bruce sees in the box?
(a) High school graduation.
(b) Nola's sister's wedding.
(c) Holly's wedding.
(d) The homecoming game.

Short Answer Questions

1. What religion did Nola's family practice?

2. What did Bruce and the girl in #103 do during the intermission at the dance?

3. Why did Bruce leave at the end of the summer?

4. Why had Nola's ex-boyfriend come to visit her?

5. Where did Bill Binnion advise Bruce to go after college?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Bruce do when it became apparent that Bailey was hitting on Nola?

2. How does the author show Bruce's affections for his mother regarding his going to the prom?

3. What does Bruce recall about Nola's virginity the first time they were intimate?

4. What prompts Bruce to ask Nola to marry him?

5. What has Bruce's father done that solidifies Bruce's hatred for him?

6. What does the author reveal about the way Chet had died?

7. How did Bruce separate himself from his own family in favor of the Mulders?

8. What factors must Bruce weigh in making decisions for his future?

9. What are the contents of the box saved by Aunt Margaret?

10. What could account for Bruce's high opinion of himself as a young man?

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