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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 3, who does Bobby go downriver with?
(a) He goes with Lou
(b) He goes by himself.
(c) He goes with Oiler.
(d) He goes with Red.

2. In the Italicized section of the Chapter 1, what chemical compound is the first part of the Kid's full name?
(a) Thalidomide.
(b) Galinide.
(c) Pentamide.
(d) Carboxylide.

3. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 1, who does John say that Bobby is in love with?
(a) John's Sister.
(b) Bobby's diving partner.
(c) Bobby's Sister.
(d) The bartender.

4. In the italicized section of Chapter 1, what mathematical term does the Kid accuse the girl of calling him?
(a) An imaginary integer.
(b) A conjectural postulate.
(c) A pythagorean theorem.
(d) A spectral operator.

5. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 4, what does Bobby's sister say that God is interested in?
(a) Our belief.
(b) Our loyalty.
(c) Our silence.
(d) Our fear.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 3, what does Bobby find out happened to Oiler.

2. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 4, what does Bobby's paternal grandfather do as a profession?

3. In the Italicized section of Chapter 3, in what subject does the girl get a B?

4. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 3, who lived in the room at the bar before Bobby moves in?

5. In the Italicized section of Chapter 3, who does the girl say is the only one of the Kid's cohorts that she cares about?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Bobby that ends his time racing cars?

2. Before the girl ends her life in the Wisconsin woods, who comes to see her a final time in her room in Chicago?

3. What is Oiler's attitude about his time in Vietnam?

4. After talking to Oiler about Vietnam, what do the guys in suits want to know from Bobby about the downed plane?

5. Where does Bobby move in after taking all his belongings out of his apartment?

6. What is peculiar about this downed plane?

7. What does Debussy go home to tell her mother about?

8. What does Bobby find in his paternal grandmother's basement after her funeral?

9. What is the job that Bobby and Red go on in Port Sulphur?

10. Why is the Kid called the Thalidomide Kid?

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