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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. Where does Thomas go when he makes a quick trip to New York?
(a) Central Park
(b) The Plaza
(c) His old neighborhood
(d) Ellis Island

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

3. What is in the box Teddy gives Rudolph?
(a) Books
(b) A red dress
(c) Cigars
(d) Fishing gear

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

5. What does Gretchen call Rudolph?
(a) Saint
(b) Emotional cripple
(c) Bastard
(d) Prince of a guy

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Teresa is angry with Thomas for _________________________.

3. Who does Rudolph run into at the roadhouse?

4. What stops Mary from killing herself?

5. What does Rudolph do in French class?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Rudolph's career taking off at Calderwood's company/

2. What is the irony of the money Thomas receives and then wants to pay back to his father?

3. Explain the complications of Axel's decision to pay off the father of the girls who have accused Thomas of statutory rape.

4. What is the significance of the Communist charges brought against Professor Denton?

5. Explain how Thomas is Axel's least favorite child but Thomas is most like Axel.

6. How is Gretchen's meeting with Teddy Boylan so prophetic for her brother's lives as well as her own?

7. What happens to Thomas as a result of his beating Mr. Greening?

8. What are the underlying feelings of the members of the Jordache family at dinner?

9. Explain the foreshadowing of Axel's being in a boat.

10. How is Gretchen's life going in New York?

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