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

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

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 102 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do Irene and Jim listen to their music?
(a) Tapes.
(b) CD.
(c) On the radio.
(d) Record.

2. What is the title of the story about Amy Lawton?
(a) "The Five-Forty Eight."
(b) "O Youth and Beauty."
(c) "The Worm in the Apple."
(d) "The Sorrows of Gin."

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

4. What are the Whitemore's family goals?
(a) They want five children.
(b) They want to get a dog.
(c) They don't want children.
(d) They want to have a child.

5. Who will Clarissa be spending the summer with?
(a) Her husband.
(b) She will be alone.
(c) Her boyfriend.
(d) Her mother-in-law.

6. What does Rosemary talk to Amy about?
(a) Loneliness and alcoholism.
(b) Her parents.
(c) Food.
(d) Wine.

7. What does James Clancy do at his job?
(a) Mailroom worker.
(b) Assistant.
(c) Clerk.
(d) Elevator operator.

8. What upsets Irene?
(a) When the radio stops working.
(b) When Jim says he hates music.
(c) When CDs are invented.
(d) When their children won't listen to music.

9. What is the setting for the story about the Pomeroy family?
(a) A small house in Laud's Head.
(b) An apartment in Laud's Head.
(c) A restuarant in Laud's Head.
(d) A seaside mansion in Laud's Head.

10. What do the Bentley's struggle with?
(a) Crime.
(b) Fame.
(c) Money.
(d) Sickness.

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

12. How old is the Malloy's daughter?
(a) 15.
(b) 10.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

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

14. Who has a big realization after Amy disappears?
(a) Mr. Lawton.
(b) Rosemary.
(c) The new housekeeper.
(d) Mrs. Lawton.

15. What is Lawrence's childhood nickname?
(a) Baby.
(b) Chaddy.
(c) Tifty.
(d) Larry.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are the Malloys traveling?

2. How does Ralph try to improve the Whitmores lives?

3. Who does James Clancy talk to about his job and the people he meets there?

4. What grade is Amy Lawton in?

5. Where does James Clancy get a job?

(see the answer keys)

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