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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, what dish do Bobby and Kline both order?
(a) Gnocchi.
(b) Puttanesca.
(c) Pasta arbiata.
(d) Fettuccine with clams.

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

3. In the italicized section of Chapter 5, why does the girl go to the hospital?
(a) To talk to a therapist.
(b) To have a broken nose mended.
(c) To have an exploratory operation.
(d) To receive electroshock therapy.

4. In the italicized section of Chapter 5, after the girl wakes up in the recovery room, how does the Kid look?
(a) Iridescent and barely there.
(b) More solid than he ever looked before.
(c) Black with soot, his cloak smoking.
(d) He appears only as a disembodied voice.

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

6. Who calls John while he is recovering in Chapter 8?
(a) Janice from Seven Seas.
(b) Bill Seals.
(c) Bianca Pharaoh.
(d) Kline.

7. In the italicized section of Chapter 5, what is the girl's doctor's proper name?
(a) Chetworth.
(b) Trask.
(c) Hardwick.
(d) Henderson.

8. In the italicized section of Chapter 5, what is Bobby's original major at college?
(a) Biology.
(b) Underwater welding.
(c) Anthropology.
(d) Mathematics.

9. In Chapter 8, where does John say that he recently spent some time recovering?
(a) Kaiser hospital.
(b) Eastern State Hospital.
(c) Asante Central Hospital.
(d) St. Jude's Hospital.

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

11. In the italicized section of Chapter 5, what is the girl writing in her notebook when the Kid wants to look at it?
(a) Architectural designs.
(b) Shorthand notes on Gabelsberger.
(c) Technical drawings of violins.
(d) Musical compositions.

12. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 6, what is Bobby doing in Paris?
(a) Tuning and testing out Bobby's race car.
(b) Attending university.
(c) Learning how to dive.
(d) Going on a tour of art museums.

13. 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) Bobby's diary.
(d) The girl's father's college papers.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 7, what does the agent say Bobby is under investigation for?

2. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 8, where does Brat get admitted to school?

3. In the italicized section of Chapter 6, what is the projectionist's name that the Kid brings to help him?

4. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 7, what is John's solution for getting off of parole?

5. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 5, what is John's father's profession?

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