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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the author describe his coworker Jimmy?
(a) He was witty.
(b) He was an ex-con.
(c) He was a beast.
(d) He was scrawny.

2. What happened in Chapters 9 and 10 that presented the component of disillusionment?
(a) The author's motivation from sexual desire.
(b) The author questions why he feels the way he does.
(c) The encounter with the corrupt policeman.
(d) The author was late to school.

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

4. What did the author learn about his mother as he was writing his entrance exams for college?
(a) She was pregnant again.
(b) She had cancer.
(c) She was in a mental hospital.
(d) She was divorcing Jean.

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

6. What was Dagmar doing when she made her confirmation to the author in Chapter 13?
(a) Using the toilet.
(b) Cooking.
(c) Putting on makeup.
(d) Brushing her hair.

7. What did the author blurt out to another person in Chapter 15?
(a) He had to use the bathroom.
(b) He was not single.
(c) He was poor.
(d) He was not first class.

8. Where was the author moving at the beginning of Chapter 9?
(a) Ft. Lauderdale.
(b) Miami.
(c) New York.
(d) Jacksonville.

9. What did Jean ask in his letter in Chapter 11?
(a) Asked her to come back and make Nell move out.
(b) Asked Alison and the author to move away.
(c) Asked Alison to babysit Jessica.
(d) Asked the author to come home.

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

11. What did his mother reluctantly confirm to the author in Chapter 13?
(a) That he was going to juvenile jail.
(b) That they were moving again.
(c) That his father had cancer and was dying from it.
(d) That she was dying from cancer.

12. What was the author awkwardly questioned about in Chapter 10?
(a) His dreams and ambitions in life.
(b) His deepest secrets.
(c) His sex life.
(d) His home life.

13. What did the friend from school patronize the author about at the beginning of Chapter 13?
(a) That his father was going to die from cancer.
(b) That his mom did not love him.
(c) That his mom was going to die.
(d) That he was fat.

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

15. Where did the author hitchhike to in Chapter 11?
(a) Florida.
(b) New York.
(c) Connecticut.
(d) Pennyslvania.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the author avoid going home to dinner in Chapter 13?

2. What was significant about what the friend said who patronized him in Chapter 13?

3. What did the author relate to in Chapter 14?

4. What did the author say his excuse was for being late to dinner in Chapter 13?

5. Which of the following is NOT a description of Tobey when the author visited him in the trip he described in Chapter 14?

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