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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 6, where does Bobby go to work after returning from his grandmother's house?
(a) On a jack-up rig off the coast of Florida.
(b) On a science boat in the Atlantic.
(c) On a salvage dive off the Gulf coast.
(d) On a river in Houston, Texas.

2. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 8, what is Brat going to study?
(a) Law.
(b) Entrepreneurship.
(c) Business.
(d) International Politics.

3. In the italicized section of Chapter 6, what is in the old steamer trunk that is in the chicken house?
(a) The girl's comb,
(b) The girls grandmother's letters.
(c) The girl's father's college papers.
(d) Bobby's diary.

4. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 5, where do Bobby and John go to have lunch?
(a) The Black Sheep.
(b) Mezcal.
(c) Oberon's.
(d) Arnaud's.

5. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 7, what happens when Bobby tries to withdraw money from his bank?
(a) The teller accidentally gives Bobby money from someone else's account
(b) The teller says Bobby's account has been attached by the IRS.
(c) Bobby's has been the victim of identity theft.
(d) There is no money in the account.

6. In the italicized section of Chapter 5, who gives the girl's father the snazzy fountain pen?
(a) President truman.
(b) President Eisenhower.
(c) President Kennedy
(d) President Roosevelt.

7. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 7, what does the agent at the post office say about Bobby's passport?
(a) It has been revoked.
(b) Bobby needs to update his photo.
(c) It has expired.
(d) It was automatically renewed.

8. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 5, what does John say that men truly seek?
(a) Immortality.
(b) Beauty.
(c) Power.
(d) Money.

9. In the italicized section of Chapter 6, what does the Kid want to show the girl?
(a) Some film reels.
(b) Pages from the Kid's diary.
(c) Some new chataquas.
(d) Templates from Base One.

10. In the italicized section of Chapter 6, what is the projectionist's name that the Kid brings to help him?
(a) Newton.
(b) Eddie.
(c) Schmidt.
(d) Walter.

11. To whom does Bobby try writing letters during the winter while he is on leave from New Orleans?
(a) His mother.
(b) Kline.
(c) His father.
(d) His sister.

12. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 8, where does Brat get admitted to school?
(a) Pace.
(b) Harvard.
(c) Emory.
(d) Georgia State University.

13. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 8, how does the girl break her mother's heart, according to the Kid?
(a) She does not respect her father.
(b) She will not eat grits.
(c) She refuses to take her medication.
(d) She will not attend school.

14. Where does Bobby live when he arrives at his destination after leaving New Orleans for the winter?
(a) In his Mother's childhood house.
(b) In an old farmhouse.
(c) In his father's childhood house.
(d) In a house owned by Jimmy Anderson.

15. In Chapter 8, what does Bobby see on the side of the road in a ditch when he is driving back from where he was during the winter?
(a) A cow with a goat standing on it.
(b) Several suit cases with clothing spilling out of them.
(c) A man stuck in car.
(d) An injured dog.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 6, what invitation does Bobby get in a letter from John Aldrich the following year?

2. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 6, what is Kline's profession?

3. In the italicized section of Chapter 7, what does the Kid initially say that the sticker says on the dummy's trunk?

4. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 7, why does John say that he is in a brown study?

5. In the italicized section of Chapter 7, what does the girl say the suit is made from?

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