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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of alcohol do Lonoff and Nathan drink after dinner?
(a) Brandy.
(b) Vodka.
(c) Whiskey.
(d) Rum.

2. What poet does Chopin's work get compared to in Lonoff's study?
(a) Shakespeare.
(b) Yeats.
(c) Byron.
(d) Keats.

3. What award did Lonoff's sixth book win?
(a) Caldecott Award.
(b) Pulitzer Prize.
(c) National Book Award.
(d) Newberry Award.

4. How many years are there between Lonoff's first book and his sixth book?
(a) 20.
(b) 15.
(c) 25.
(d) 30.

5. What type of suit is the "great man" wearing in Chapter 1?
(a) Striped.
(b) Gabardine.
(c) Silk.
(d) Blue.

6. How many questions for Nathan are included with the letter?
(a) 12.
(b) 10.
(c) 5.
(d) 8.

7. To what animal does Nathan's father compare Sidney?
(a) A horse.
(b) An ape.
(c) A duck.
(d) A dog.

8. Who is Betsy?
(a) Lonoff's daughter.
(b) Nathan's ex-girlfriend.
(c) Lonoff's wife.
(d) Nathan's mother.

9. What battleship was Sidney on, according to Nathan's story?
(a) Alaska.
(b) Alabama.
(c) Missouri.
(d) Kansas.

10. What does Chaya mean?
(a) Money.
(b) Life.
(c) Death.
(d) Heartache.

11. Where do some people think Lonoff was writing from?
(a) Massachusetts.
(b) Russia.
(c) China.
(d) England.

12. Who writes a letter to Nathan at Quahsay?
(a) Judge Wapter.
(b) Hope Lonoff.
(c) Amy.
(d) His mother.

13. What year is it in Chapter 1?
(a) 1968.
(b) 1957.
(c) 1956.
(d) 1965.

14. How old is the house, according to the narrator, in Chapter 1?
(a) 400 years.
(b) 200 years.
(c) 100 years.
(d) 300 years.

15. Who is the man that the narrator is going to visit in Chapter 1?
(a) Dr. Zuckerman.
(b) E.I. Lonoff.
(c) Otto Frank.
(d) Nathan Zuckerman.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Amy call Lonoff?

2. How many pages is "Higher Education"?

3. What game does Sidney teach Nathan and his brother?

4. Where did Nathan get accepted to spend the winter months when he was younger?

5. How old was Amy when she wrote to Lonoff?

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