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

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

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

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

5. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 5, what is John's father's profession?
(a) Dentist.
(b) Country store keeper.
(c) Biographer.
(d) Philosopher.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the italicized section of Chapter 6, what is in the old steamer trunk that is in the chicken house?

2. 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?

3. In Chapter 8, where does Bobby go to work after leaving New Orleans?

4. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 6, after his meeting with Kline, who does Bobby go searching for?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Bobby's response to the IRS agent at the post office?

2. What does the IRS agent at the post office say is the reason for the IRS becoming involved in Bobby's life?

3. In the opening of the non-italicized section of Chapter 6, where is Bobby and what is he doing?

4. Who shows up in the girl's recovery room? How do they look? What is the girl's response?

5. In the italicized section of Chapter 5, why does Bobby change his major from math to physics?

6. What cathartic exclamations does Bobby make at the end of his visit with the person who comes to visit Bobby while Bobby is living alone in a shack by the beach?

7. After Bobby's meeting with the IRS agent, he meets up with Kline. What does Kline say about the shape of his own life and how is that a contrast to Bobby's life?

8. What does the girl say to the Kid about why she does not write down her mathematical conjectures?

9. How does the person that Bobby meets with after talking to the guys in suits know that Bobby's sister was beautiful?

10. Who does Bobby meet after talking to the guys in suits again?

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