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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Howie's first footnote is about _______.
(a) Straws.
(b) Milk.
(c) Moving objects.
(d) Escalators.

2. Who in Howie's life is allergic to milk?
(a) Sister.
(b) L.
(c) Mom.
(d) Abe.

3. What does Howie refer to his childhood memories as?
(a) Rule of nostalgia.
(b) Minor setbacks.
(c) Age of innocence.
(d) Time wasting.

4. What does Howie consider to be a "nice laboratorial word"?
(a) Sealright.
(b) Sealant.
(c) Sealtight.
(d) Sealtest.

5. What would Howie eat to get rid of bad breath?
(a) Carrots.
(b) Celery.
(c) Mint.
(d) Apple.

6. How long has Howie owned his shoes for work?
(a) Two years.
(b) Six months.
(c) Nine months.
(d) One year.

7. When Howie moves into an apartment he discovers the therapeutic properties of what?
(a) Sweeping.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Crying.
(d) Shouting.

8. As a child, Howie loved_____.
(a) Tugboats.
(b) Airport luggage carriers.
(c) Freight trains.
(d) Trolley cars.

9. What does Howie remove just before going to lunch?
(a) His shoes.
(b) A brace.
(c) A sweater.
(d) His earplugs.

10. Howie believes some brain cells need to die in order to gain _______.
(a) Age.
(b) Wisdom.
(c) Love.
(d) Equilibrium.

11. An image of __________ gave Howie the idea for his deodorant discovery.
(a) Napoleon.
(b) JFK.
(c) MacArthur.
(d) Washington.

12. What did Howie's father hang on the doorknobs of their home?
(a) Ties.
(b) Bells.
(c) Belts.
(d) Signs.

13. What time does Howie enter his office building at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Nine o'clock.
(b) Two o'clock.
(c) Noon.
(d) One o'clock.

14. Howie believes he has the ____ "of a mature person."
(a) Wisdom.
(b) Memory.
(c) Teeth.
(d) Hands.

15. What is the trademark image on the Onondaga Dairy label?
(a) Woman in flowing dress.
(b) White flower.
(c) River landscape.
(d) American Indian child.

Short Answer Questions

1. Howie compares sneaker shoelaces to _________ at the end of Chapter 1.

2. What word does Howie feel he says too often?

3. What piece of office equipment does Howie feel has lagged behind other innovations by ten years?

4. What did Howie see for the first time as a child in his best friend's refrigerator?

5. Howie connected learning how to tie shoes with a couplet by _____.

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