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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 7, who does Bobby visit with when he visits the hospital?
(a) His father's friend Teller.
(b) His sister's friend Helen.
(c) His own friend Nils.
(d) His mother's friend Nancy.

2. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 5, Where does Bobby see John Sheddan?
(a) At Galatoire's.
(b) At Tujague's.
(c) At Seven Seas.
(d) At the Absinthe House.

3. After returning to New Orleans, why does Kline say that Bobby would make a bad fugitive?
(a) Bobby desperately wants to fight his fraud charges and win.
(b) Bobby cannot let go of the wreckage of his life.
(c) Bobby cannot bring himself to leave New Orleans.
(d) Bobby does not know how to keep a low profile.

4. In the italicized section of Chapter 7, who does the girl say made the dummy's suit?
(a) Bobby.
(b) The girl made it herself.
(c) Bobby's mother.
(d) Her grandmother.

5. 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 his father's childhood house.
(c) In a house owned by Jimmy Anderson.
(d) In an old farmhouse.

6. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 5, what kind of fish do Bobby and John eat for lunch?
(a) Bronzino.
(b) Tuna.
(c) Snapper.
(d) Yellowtail.

7. In the italicized section of Chapter 7, what does the Kid initially say that the sticker says on the dummy's trunk?
(a) Base One Processing.
(b) Woodsmen of The World.
(c) Phi Beta Kappa.
(d) Progeny of Western Union.

8. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 6, what keeps the rest of the crew from joining Bobby?
(a) The crew's boat malfunctions.
(b) The job is cancelled and no one tells Bobby.
(c) A severe storm.
(d) The crew get lost on their way out.

9. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 5, what does John say is more binding than blood?
(a) Being in love with the same woman.
(b) Having a similar difficult experience.
(c) Being in the same profession.
(d) Reading the same few dozen books.

10. In the italicized section of Chapter 6, what does the girl think that she and her other classmates look like in their all white clothes?
(a) Like dead children in a dream.
(b) Like angels in heaven.
(c) Like snow in a field.
(d) Like clouds in the sky.

11. In the italicized section of Chapter 7, what does the girl say the suit is made from?
(a) Bobby's old suit.
(b) The girl's old bed sheets.
(c) The curtains in the upstairs bathroom.
(d) The girls old dresses.

12. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 5, what is the most notable thing that Bobby's father is professionally a part of during World War II?
(a) Locating Hitler's secret bunker.
(b) Making the atomic bomb.
(c) Designing fighter planes.
(d) Breaking the code of the German spies.

13. In the italicized section of Chapter 5, what does the girl call the Kid when he asks her why he gets no respect from her?
(a) A liar.
(b) A gibbering imp.
(c) A dwarf.
(d) An incurable nuisance.

14. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 6, what invitation does Bobby get in a letter from John Aldrich the following year?
(a) An invitation to work at the Louvre.
(b) An invitation to race formula two cars.
(c) An invitation to attend Ecole Des Beaux art school.
(d) An invitation to work at Sorbonne University in the physics department.

15. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 7, when Kline picks up Bobby, why does he motion to Bobby to be silent?
(a) Kline thinks his car might be bugged with audio surveillance equipment.
(b) Kline is concentrating on another missing person's case.
(c) Kline likes to save conversation for dinner.
(d) Kline is in the middle of a conversation with someone on his carphone.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the italicized section of Chapter 5, after the girl wakes up in the recovery room, how does the Kid look?

2. Where does Bobby go to spend the winter after talking to Kline and leaving New Orleans?

3. In the italicized section of Chapter 6, the girl sees a younger version herself in what the Kid shows to her. What is the younger version of the girl doing?

4. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 7, what old friend does Bobby say asks after John?

5. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 7, what becomes of the woman that John asked to marry him?

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