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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 is the title of Murray's most recent manuscript?
(a) "So Many Choices, So Little Time".
(b) "It's All Uphill From Here".
(c) "Make Money, Make a Life".
(d) "How to Live".

2. Who is the maid at the Thwaites' home?
(a) Autumn.
(b) Adelaide.
(c) Aurora.
(d) Ava.

3. What news does Marina giddily deliver to Danielle?
(a) She got a raise.
(b) Ludo kissed her.
(c) She is in love with Bootie.
(d) Max asked her out.

4. Bootie sees himself as ______________.
(a) a spiritual leader.
(b) a failure.
(c) a student of the world.
(d) a lady killer.

5. In what city had Frederick Tubb attended college?
(a) Peoria.
(b) Raleigh.
(c) Oswego.
(d) Albany.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Bootie decide to go after leaving Watertown?

2. What does Julius lead his friends to believe he does most of the time?

3. What does David represent for Julius?

4. Who joins Danielle and Randy for lunch?

5. What does Ludo call Murray?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the premise of THE EMPEROR'S CHILDREN?

2. What strides has Bootie made in the two weeks he has been in Manhattan?

3. When Marina and Julius meet to talk about Bootie, what emerges from the tone of their conversation?

4. What is ironic about the chapter on raising children in Murray's book?

5. Who is Murray's wife and what is her profession?

6. How does the author use the literary technique of foreshadowing in this section?

7. What does David represent to Julius when he meets him while on a work assignment?

8. What are Bootie's plans for his arrival in Manhattan?

9. Why is Danielle Minkoff in Australia and who does she meet there?

10. What risk does Julius take , especially since he is in a relationship with David?

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