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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What type of typewriter does Lonoff have?
(a) Blue.
(b) Heavy.
(c) None.
(d) Portable.

3. What does Nathan's father say people read about instead of reading art?
(a) Religion.
(b) Animals.
(c) People.
(d) Authors.

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

5. What type of Jew is Judge Wapter?
(a) Greek.
(b) Atheist.
(c) Galician.
(d) Orthodox.

6. Where does Lonoff offer to let Nathan sleep?
(a) The master bedroom.
(b) The study.
(c) The car.
(d) The den.

7. Who does Nathan try to write a letter to in Lonoff's study?
(a) His father.
(b) Amy.
(c) Betsy.
(d) Lonoff.

8. Who does Nathan's father contact for help in getting to a higher person for advice about Nathan's story?
(a) An uncle.
(b) A brother.
(c) A grandfather.
(d) A cousin

9. How old is the narrator at the beginning of Chapter 1?
(a) 23.
(b) 26.
(c) 25.
(d) 22.

10. Where does Nathan go to be interviewed for his college admissions letter?
(a) His uncle's house.
(b) University of Chicago.
(c) Essex County Courthouse.
(d) Police station.

11. Who calls Nathan at Quahsay?
(a) His father.
(b) Judge Wapter.
(c) Lonoff.
(d) His mother.

12. What book contains the only photograph of Lonoff?
(a) It's your Funeral.
(b) When She Was Good.
(c) The Ghost Writer.
(d) Higher Education.

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

14. Where did the narrator grow up?
(a) Trenton.
(b) Coney Island.
(c) Newark.
(d) New York.

15. What is Hope's Moscow, according to Lonoff?
(a) Cambridge.
(b) Manhattan.
(c) Boston.
(d) Chicago.

Short Answer Questions

1. What poet does Chopin's work get compared to in Lonoff's study?

2. What coursework is Nathan's brother completing?

3. What kind of car does Amy drive?

4. What does Nathan stare at, in Lonoff's study?

5. What does Amy call Lonoff?

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