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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the author attend school in Denmark?
(a) International Folk Academy.
(b) Elsinore High.
(c) The International Folk High Shcool of Elsinore.
(d) The Acadamy of Elsinore Art.

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

3. How old was the author in the trip he related back to in Chapter 14?
(a) 17 years old.
(b) 16 years old.
(c) 6 years old.
(d) 15 years old.

4. After Dagmar left, who moved in with the author?
(a) A prostitute.
(b) His grandmother.
(c) A thin, nervous young woman.
(d) Another child.

5. What were the author's two short-lived jobs in the visit he described in Chapter 14?
(a) Movie theater and bowling alley.
(b) Waiter and bowling alley.
(c) Movie theater and waiter.
(d) Waiter and cabana boy.

6. What realization did the author wake up with in Chapter 12?
(a) That he must go home so he could see Alison again.
(b) That he was unhappy and needed to find his happiness.
(c) That he must get a job.
(d) That he must go home so he could see Jessica again.

7. In what season did Chapter 9 take place?
(a) Fall.
(b) Sping.
(c) Summer.
(d) Winter.

8. Who does the author mention being self-absorbed and self-dramatizing in Chapter 10?
(a) Dr. Casey.
(b) Mrs. Huggins.
(c) Dr. Williams.
(d) Dr. Case.

9. 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 was the first he heard of his father's illness.
(c) It made him hit the friend.
(d) It made him sick.

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

11. Where did the author work in Chapter 15?
(a) The Electric Elephant Cafe.
(b) The Electro Research Company.
(c) The Electric Field.
(d) The Electro Magenetic Cafe.

12. Who was born at the beginning of Chapter 11?
(a) The author's half-brother.
(b) The author's brother.
(c) The author's half-sister.
(d) Victor's son.

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

14. Who did the author encounter in Chapter 9?
(a) The mayor of New York.
(b) The mayor of Miami.
(c) A corrupt policeman.
(d) A waitress.

15. What did the author see that suddenly made him sexually energized in Chapter 10?
(a) A woman's wrist.
(b) A woman's thigh.
(c) A woman's neck.
(d) A woman's cleavage.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the metaphor of multiple floors in his school suggest?

2. What does Chapter 10 narrate?

3. What happened in Chapters 9 and 10 that presented the component of disillusionment?

4. What did the author blurt out to another person in Chapter 15?

5. What did the author do in Chapter 11 after the person overstayed her welcome?

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