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

2. Who is the girl Rudolph has been dating?
(a) Jill
(b) Janie
(c) Julie
(d) Janine

3. Who is the French girl Thomas is infatuated with?
(a) Cheri
(b) Marie
(c) Clothilde
(d) Josephine

4. Where does Teddy take Gretchen in New York City?
(a) Metropolitan Museum of Art
(b) Empire State Building
(c) A brothel
(d) Statue of Liberty

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the soldier that Gretchen meets and likes right away?

2. Why does Professor Denton need Rudolph's help?

3. Who works in the bakery while Axel is in Ohio?

4. What is Mary contemplating on this evening?

5. What is Thomas' job in Part 2, Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Mary's reaction when she learns that Axel gave up $5,000 to save Thomas?

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

3. In what way is Gretchen showing some emotional growth?

4. What is the nature of Thomas' affair with Clothilde?

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

6. Explain the foreshadowing related to Thomas' discovery of Gretchen's affair.

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

8. What happens to the $5000 Thomas gives back to Rudolph?

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

10. How are Rudolph, Gretchen and Thomas introduced in the story?

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