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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator evades being drafted into the army by ______________________.
(a) claiming to have flat feet.
(b) confessing that he is a conscientious objector.
(c) claiming that he has AIDS.
(d) confessing to his homosexuality.

2. Lou is jealous of ______________.
(a) the narrator.
(b) Max.
(c) Annie.
(d) Sean.

3. What makes Maria threaten to end her friendship with the narrator?
(a) If he won't find a better job.
(b) If he doesn't stop drinking.
(c) If he won't break up with Sean.
(d) If he doesn't stop analyzing everyone.

4. What does the apartment building's doorman tell the narrator's mother when she returns?
(a) New fire alarms have been installed.
(b) The air conditioning has been repaired.
(c) Someone tried to break into her apartment.
(d) The narrator spends a lot of time with Lou.

5. Why does Maria move to the city in #134?
(a) She wanted to experience the East Coast lifestyle.
(b) She is going to grad school there.
(c) Her lesbian relationship has ended.
(d) She got a new job.

6. Where does the narrator's mother go in Chapter 5?
(a) Europe.
(b) Fiji.
(c) New York.
(d) Hawaii.

7. What kind of job does the narrator get in Chapter 5?
(a) Museum guide.
(b) Messenger boy.
(c) Loading transport trucks.
(d) Waiting tables.

8. The narrator is desperate to ___________________.
(a) fall in love.
(b) be a homosexual.
(c) graduate college.
(d) to move out of his mother's house.

9. What happens to make the narrator forget all about his fantasy in #136?
(a) He learns about the high cost of living.
(b) He reads a disturbing journal of a man who had done it.
(c) He knows he would be convicted.
(d) He knows it would sadden his mother.

10. Where does the narrator spend time with Lou and the woman in #140?
(a) Bookstores.
(b) A gay beach.
(c) Lou's apartment.
(d) Restaurants.

11. What does the narrator realize about himself?
(a) He is afraid of conflict.
(b) He wants to live by himself.
(c) He is artistic.
(d) He is wasting his life.

12. How does the narrator meet Sean?
(a) He came to the apartment looking for the Russian dancer.
(b) He produced a play which the narrator wrote.
(c) He met him at a gay bar.
(d) He had a bathroom encounter with him.

13. Who does the narrator consider marrying?
(a) Annie.
(b) Maria.
(c) Shelley.
(d) Denise.

14. Who goes with the narrator to the city in #123?
(a) Vick.
(b) Annie.
(c) Chad.
(d) Lou.

15. What is the narrator's last ditch attempt at appearing "normal"?
(a) Working at a meat packing plant.
(b) No more writing poetry.
(c) Considering marriage to Maria.
(d) Playing football.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lou and Maria both know that the narrator ___________________ Sean.

2. Where does the narrator find a job?

3. Who is Sean?

4. How old is the narrator during this Summer?

5. What has happened recently to Buddy and Betts?

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