The Stories of John Cheever Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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The Stories of John Cheever Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who told Amy to pour the gin down the sink?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her sister.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Rosemary.

2. Who dies at the end of "O Youth and Beauty?"
(a) An unamed fan of Cash's.
(b) Cash.
(c) Louise.
(d) One of the Bentley children.

3. What does James Clancy realize at the end of the story?
(a) That the tenants are nice.
(b) To clearly state his feelings.
(c) To find a new job.
(d) To mind his own business.

4. What does James Clancy begin to understand about Mr. Rowantree?
(a) That he is cheating on lots of girlfriends.
(b) That he is married.
(c) That he is gay.
(d) That he hates being social.

5. What item does Jim come home with one day?
(a) A TV.
(b) A new record.
(c) A new radio that is bigger.
(d) A new CD.

6. Who continue to have terrible disagreements in "Clancy and the Tower of Babel"?
(a) Mr. Rowantree and Bobby.
(b) Clancy and all of the tenants.
(c) Nora and Clancy.
(d) James Clancy and Mr. Rowantree.

7. What happens between the Pomeroy children, despite their mother's objections?
(a) They make up.
(b) They don't talk to each other.
(c) They argue.
(d) They all sell the house.

8. Who gets ill and goes to the hospital in "Clancy in the Tower of Babel"?
(a) Mr. Rowantree.
(b) Nora.
(c) Nora.
(d) Clancy.

9. What grade is Amy Lawton in?
(a) Fourth.
(b) Fifth.
(c) Third.
(d) Second.

10. Who is Mr. Rowantree?
(a) Clancy's coworker.
(b) A single man who lives in the building where Clancy works.
(c) Clancy's boss.
(d) Clancy's friend.

11. Where did the Whitemores meet?
(a) California.
(b) The Midwest.
(c) Indiana.
(d) Manhatten.

12. What frustrates Louise?
(a) Cash's fame.
(b) Cash's family.
(c) Her children.
(d) The family's finances.

13. How does Ralph try to improve the Whitmores lives?
(a) Starting his own company.
(b) Getting some inheritance.
(c) Through a series of job changes and promotions.
(d) Winning the lottery.

14. How is Cash injured?
(a) Louise hits him.
(b) The reinactment of a race.
(c) Playing with his kids.
(d) Running from his job.

15. What kind of music do Irene and Jim like?
(a) Country.
(b) Hip-hop.
(c) Classical.
(d) Jazz.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has a big realization after Amy disappears?

2. What do the Bentley's struggle with?

3. What does the narrator in "Goodbye My Brother" do for a living?

4. What does Jim promise Irene?

5. What is the title of the story about Amy Lawton?

(see the answer keys)

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