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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Morris?
(a) An attorney.
(b) A newspaper editor.
(c) The narrator's father.
(d) Tex's assistant.

2. With whom is the narrator visiting at the beginning of Chapter 4?
(a) Maria.
(b) Chad.
(c) Morris.
(d) Tex.

3. Hunton makes disparaging remarks about the narrator's __________________.
(a) family.
(b) clothes.
(c) hair.
(d) penis.

4. Who is the psychiatrist treating the narrator?
(a) Dr. Kerrigan.
(b) Dr. O'Reilly.
(c) Dr. Gruber.
(d) Dr. Morrison.

5. Tex hints to the narrator that the man in #45 might be able to teach the narrator about what?
(a) Gardening.
(b) Sex.
(c) Auto mechanics.
(d) Playing the guitar.

6. How can Ivan best be described?
(a) Sad.
(b) Jovial.
(c) Morose.
(d) Pensive.

7. What is a powerful negative force in the narrator's life?
(a) Shame.
(b) Smoking.
(c) Drinking.
(d) Doing drugs.

8. Maria thinks that American life is essentially ___________________.
(a) Communist.
(b) Buddhist.
(c) Mormon.
(d) Fascist.

9. What does Tex complain to the narrator about in Chapter 2?
(a) The weather.
(b) Politics.
(c) His financial situation.
(d) His marital status.

10. Which of the following is NOT a part of his life that the narrator keeps separate?
(a) His sexuality.
(b) His psychiatric treatments.
(c) His fraternity.
(d) His religion.

11. Which prep school does the narrator attend?
(a) Choate.
(b) Exeter.
(c) Groton.
(d) Eton.

12. When the narrator spends an evening out with Morris and some other friends he realizes that _____________________ attracts negative attention from others.
(a) drinking too much.
(b) just being who they are.
(c) smoking.
(d) telling crude jokes.

13. Tex refers to himself as the narrator's __________________.
(a) mentor.
(b) mother.
(c) babysitter.
(d) conscience.

14. Who is William Everett Hunton?
(a) A friend of Annie and the narrator.
(b) The narrator's father.
(c) Annie's father.
(d) The narrator's godfather.

15. What type of music does Maria admit to liking while at a bar?
(a) Jazz.
(b) Country.
(c) Classical.
(d) Hip hop.

Short Answer Questions

1. What foreign language does the narrator study?

2. The narrator pursues sexual relations with whom?

3. The story begins with quotes from novelists Anatole France and _________________.

4. The protagonist of the story wants a career as a/an __________________.

5. Betty and Kay reject ______________________.

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