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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of the person who moved in with the author after Dagmar left?
(a) Nelson Smidge.
(b) Nell Smith.
(c) Bobby Nell.
(d) Nelly Smell.

2. Who was the first person the author hitchhiked with in Chapter 11?
(a) A woman truck driver.
(b) A traveling salesman.
(c) A truck driver.
(d) A woman with a baby.

3. What was the author barely conscious of in Chapter 10?
(a) Leaving the house.
(b) Eating.
(c) Showering.
(d) Writing an essay.

4. Who waved to the author in Chapter 17?
(a) Alison and Dagmar.
(b) Jean and Victor.
(c) Dagmar and Jessica.
(d) Dagmar and Jean.

5. Why was the author disappointed with the people he met at dinner in Chapter 15?
(a) They went to the pool.
(b) They went to the first class area.
(c) They went home.
(d) They went to bed early.

6. In Chapter 10, what was the author warned about if he was late again?
(a) He would be expelled.
(b) He would have to do pushups.
(c) He would be fired.
(d) He would have to take out the trash.

7. What was significant about what the friend said who patronized him in Chapter 13?
(a) It was the first he heard of his mother's illness.
(b) It made him sick.
(c) It made him hit the friend.
(d) It was the first he heard of his father's illness.

8. What does the author describe at the beginning of Chapter 17?
(a) His drive across America.
(b) His trip out West.
(c) His voyage to Africa.
(d) His voyage to Eurpoe.

9. Why did the author avoid going home to dinner in Chapter 13?
(a) He didn't want what his mom was cooking.
(b) He was angry at his mom.
(c) He had a bad day at work and school.
(d) He didn't want to see Jean.

10. What was the author's family's cleaning lady's name, who lived in Harlem?
(a) Madge.
(b) Maggie.
(c) Midge.
(d) Margaret.

11. What did the author contemplate doing after the fruit stand failed in Chapter 9?
(a) Moving back to Ft. Lauderdale.
(b) Running away.
(c) Jumping off a fire escape.
(d) Moving back to New York.

12. Where was the author accepted to for college?
(a) Boston College.
(b) University of Virginia.
(c) Haverford College.
(d) Harvard University.

13. What disrupted the author's surge of sexual energy on this particular day in Chapter 10?
(a) His boss telling him to take out the garbage.
(b) A phone call.
(c) The books falling off the shelf.
(d) The woman bursting into tears.

14. What did the author say his excuse was for being late to dinner in Chapter 13?
(a) He was at church.
(b) He was at a funeral.
(c) He was helping a lady change her flat tire.
(d) He was shopping.

15. Where did Dagmar go in Chapter 11?
(a) Ft. Lauderdale.
(b) Alaska.
(c) Denmark.
(d) Ireland.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what day did the author get his job back in Chapter 15?

2. What did the author see that suddenly made him sexually energized in Chapter 10?

3. What did the author's coworker Sid do?

4. What does Chapter 10 narrate?

5. What happened to the author the remainder of his trip in Chapter 15?

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