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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What stops Mary from killing herself?
(a) The phone rang
(b) Gretchen called out to her
(c) Axel came home
(d) Rudolph playing the trumpet

2. What is the name of the club where Thomas works?
(a) The Patriot Club
(b) Boston's Best Belligerents
(c) The Revere Club
(d) Boston Men's Club

3. What do Thomas and a friend leave on Teddy Boylan's yard?
(a) Burning cross
(b) Old car
(c) Happy Birthday banner
(d) Bags of garbage

4. Why is Thomas sent out of town?
(a) So he cannot be prosecuted for leaving that burning cross
(b) To take a little vacation
(c) To help on his uncle's farm
(d) For an internship

5. What is the Jordache family celebrating in Part 1, Chapter 6?
(a) Axel and Mary's 25th wedding anniversary
(b) The birth of a new baby
(c) The end of the war
(d) Rudolph's birthday

6. Where is Clothilde from?
(a) Canada
(b) Austria
(c) Germany
(d) France

7. What is the source of Rudolph's depression?
(a) The family is too poor to send him to college
(b) Julie broke up with him
(c) Mary has moved out of the house
(d) Thomas is in jail

8. Who blackmails Clothilde when he finds out she has been having an affair with Thomas?
(a) Axel
(b) Rudolph
(c) Thomas' uncle
(d) Thomas' aunt

9. What news does Gretchen share with Willie?
(a) She lost her job
(b) She has arranged a vacation for them
(c) She is moving back home
(d) She is pregnant

10. How does Thomas feel as he watches the two men fighting?
(a) Agitated
(b) Excited
(c) Angry
(d) Sad

11. Which store employee makes inappropriate advances toward Rudolph?
(a) Miss Jenkins
(b) Mrs. Hall
(c) Miss Soames
(d) Mrs. Nightingale

12. What is Gretchen afraid that Willie will take with him?
(a) All their money
(b) Her jewelry
(c) Billy
(d) The car

13. Where does Axel tell Rudolph that Rudolph does not belong?
(a) In the roadhouses
(b) The bakery
(c) On the streets
(d) In school

14. Why does Professor Denton need Rudolph's help?
(a) He is leaving his wife
(b) He is losing his eyesight
(c) He has lost his job
(d) He is being accused of being a Communist

15. Who picks Gretchen up on the roadside?
(a) The black soldiers
(b) Rudolph
(c) Teddy Boylan
(d) Axel

Short Answer Questions

1. For what is Thomas arrested in Part 1, Chapter 9?

2. What are Willie's career goals?

3. Which of the following does Rudolph not pay at the bakery?

4. What does Thomas get from a lawyer who has been stealing at the club?

5. Where had Rudolph worked part time during his years at school?

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