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

2. Who did the author see at his early morning job on the particular day described in Chapter 10?
(a) Tobey.
(b) Donald.
(c) His ex-girlfriend.
(d) A beautiful woman.

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

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

5. What transformation did Dagmar go through in Chapter 11?
(a) Happy to sad.
(b) Emotional breast-feeder to practical bottle-feeder.
(c) Not pregnant to pregnant.
(d) Selfish to selfless.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did the author work in Chapter 15?

3. What disrupted the author's surge of sexual energy on this particular day in Chapter 10?

4. What did the author learn about his mother as he was writing his entrance exams for college?

5. What was the author habitually late for in Chapter 10?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe what happened between Jean and Dagmar while the author was in Europe.

2. What did the author contemplate doing the summer they returned to New York in Chapter 9?

3. What did Dagmar do upon her return home from Denmark?

4. What was the latest money making idea Jean had in Chapter 9?

5. Describe the author's experience hitch-hiking.

6. What was the author threatened with in Chapter 10?

7. How does the author's acceptance seal his "coming of age" story?

8. Who did the author meet on the boat in Chapter 17?

9. What does Chapter 10 narrate?

10. Where does the author describe working in Chapter 15?

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