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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. What does Bobby tell Kline that his sister spends her inheritance money on?
(a) On a house.
(b) On a Violin.
(c) On her college education.
(d) On an engagement ring.
2. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 6, what is Bobby doing in Paris?
(a) Attending university.
(b) Going on a tour of art museums.
(c) Learning how to dive.
(d) Tuning and testing out Bobby's race car.
3. Why does Kline that Bobby does not want to open his sister's last letter to Bobby?
(a) He knows the letter is a love letter and he cannot acknowledge that love.
(b) Because then Bobby will know everything there is to know and the story will be over.
(c) He knows the letter is accusatory and he cannot face accusations from his sister.
(d) He knows the letter will direct him to do something he does not want to do.
4. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 7, after Bobby leaves the agent's office, he thinks about his visit to his sister's mental hospital. What is the name of the mental hospital?
(a) Belleview Sanitarium.
(b) Tisch Hospital.
(c) House of Gold.
(d) Stella Maris.
5. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 5, what does John say is more binding than blood?
(a) Reading the same few dozen books.
(b) Being in love with the same woman.
(c) Being in the same profession.
(d) Having a similar difficult experience.
Short Answer Questions
1. In the italicized section of Chapter 5, what is Bobby's original major at college?
2. In the italicized section of Chapter 8, what is the bar called where the girl gets a job?
3. What is John's good news and bad news in Chapter 8?
4. What does Bobby tell Kline happened two year earlier at his grandmother's family house in Tennessee?
5. In the italicized section of Chapter 5, after the girl wakes up in the recovery room, how does the Kid look?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does the IRS do to Bobby?
2. What does Kline think is happening to Bobby in regard to Bobby doing dumb things?
3. After Bobby returns from Tucson and meets up with Kline, why does Bobby say that he cannot get on with his life?
4. In the italicized section of Chapter 5, why does Bobby change his major from math to physics?
5. In the opening of the non-italicized section of Chapter 6, where is Bobby and what is he doing?
6. Who shows up in the girl's recovery room? How do they look? What is the girl's response?
7. As a child what does Bobby find in the woods?
8. After recounting his time in Eastern State, why does John say that he is somewhat reluctant about Tulsa being back in his life?
9. What happens to Bobby's pet while Bobby is away on the jack-up rig? How does it happen?
10. In Chapter 5, when Bobby meets Sheddan for lunch, at the beginning of their conversation how does Sheddan describe Bobby as an archetypal figure?
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