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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Drew do with his motorcycle when Sam parks in front of the garage at the Littler's house?
(a) Rams the bike into Sam's car.
(b) Hits the bike with a baseball bat.
(c) Kicks the bike and leaves it.
(d) Lifts the bike over Sam's car.

2. After his conversation with Wussy, what does Ned do in the park?
(a) Throws rocks at a shed.
(b) Skateboards.
(c) Journals.
(d) Sleeps.

3. What does Sam want to do when he returns home to his wife?
(a) Celebrate life.
(b) Find a steady job.
(c) Settle down with a family.
(d) Attend church.

4. Why does Sam take Ned to the nursing home to visit Jenny?
(a) To pay Jenny's hospital bill.
(b) To prove she is alive.
(c) To satisfy F. William Peterson.
(d) To make Jenny feel better.

5. During Father Michaels' troubled Mass, what does Ned do?
(a) Laughs.
(b) Attemps to help him.
(c) Leaves church.
(d) Nothing.

6. What is the setting of the novel's first chapter?
(a) The end of the Vietnam War.
(b) The end of World War II.
(c) Present day America.
(d) The start of World War II.

7. What are meals at the Littler household like?
(a) Calm and peaceful.
(b) Fast food, with little table manners.
(c) Always on the verge of erupting into a fight.
(d) Terrible food, but a pleasant atmosphere.

8. While living with Sam, Ned gets his first job. What is it?
(a) Cleaning Rose's Beauty Salon.
(b) Picking up golf balls.
(c) Sweeping Klein's Department Store.
(d) Cleaning his father's apartment.

9. When Sam kidnapped Ned, what did they do together?
(a) Fished.
(b) Ate at a diner.
(c) Camped.
(d) Shopped.

10. After his conversation with Wussy, whom does Ned see?
(a) Sam.
(b) Claude.
(c) Father Michaels.
(d) Jenny.

11. Why is Claude friends with Ned?
(a) Claude cares for Ned when his mother is ill.
(b) Claude enjoys Ned.
(c) Claude steals Ned's money.
(d) Clause can beat him in competitions.

12. When Sam kidnapped Ned, what did Ned think they would do together?
(a) Travel the state.
(b) Go fishing.
(c) Live with Jenny.
(d) Go for ice cream.

13. Who invited Father Michaels over to Ned's house for dinner?
(a) Sam.
(b) Father Michaels.
(c) Ned.
(d) Jenny.

14. What place does the organization "Money People" visit most often?
(a) The white jewel house.
(b) Rose's Beauty Salon.
(c) Sam's house.
(d) Jenny's house.

15. How does Drew react when Sam parks in front of the garage at the Littler's house?
(a) Disheartened.
(b) Sad.
(c) Calm.
(d) Infuriated.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Skinny relays a message to Ned, how does Jenny begin to act?

2. In 1959, what have Jenny and Ned stopped doing?

3. Who once held Ned's job?

4. In Ned and Sam's routine, when does Sam leave for work?

5. How does Sam delay the divorce?

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