The Topeka School Test | Final Test - Easy

Ben Lerner
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 157 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Topeka School Test | Final Test - Easy

Ben Lerner
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 157 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Darren’s inclusion a joke on, according to Adam?
(a) The Foundation’s milieu therapy.
(b) American adolescence.
(c) The school’s mainstreaming process.
(d) Parental authority.

2. Where had Jonathan’s family lived before they went abroad?
(a) San Francisco.
(b) New York.
(c) Topeka.
(d) Maryland.

3. What does the narrator say the Topekans feel about Fred Phelps?
(a) They tolerate him.
(b) They are amused by him.
(c) They hate him.
(d) They are embarrassed by him.

4. Why was a particular person central to including Darren?
(a) Out of spite.
(b) Because he enjoyed mocking him.
(c) Out of progressive optimistic values.
(d) To atone for having hit him once.

5. Why does Adam say he and his friends included Darren?
(a) Because they felt bad for him.
(b) Because they could see that it helped him.
(c) Because they were told to.
(d) Because they liked him.

6. How does the reader learn that Darren’s directional instincts were wrong?
(a) Darren tells the reader directly.
(b) The narrator tells us.
(c) Darren discovers it.
(d) Passing hunters tell him.

7. Who does Adam say was central to including Darren?
(a) Cody Williams.
(b) Jason.
(c) Jonathan.
(d) Himself.

8. What did Jonathan specialize in at the Topeka Foundation?
(a) Art therapy.
(b) Marital problems.
(c) Lost boys.
(d) Language problems.

9. What kind of signs does Adam say his classmates exchanged?
(a) Gang signs.
(b) Fraternity signs.
(c) Military signs.
(d) Signs of their own creation.

10. Where is Jonathan when the New York School chapter begins?
(a) In an airplane circling JFK.
(b) Taiwan.
(c) New York.
(d) In an airplane circling Topeka.

11. What is the reputation of the town of Stull?
(a) An insignificant crossroads.
(b) A filthy refinery town.
(c) A snotty university town.
(d) A gate to hell.

12. Whose friends did Adam’s friend protect Darren from?
(a) Cody Williams.
(b) Reynolds.
(c) Jason.
(d) Mandy.

13. What did Fred Phelps’ family call Jane Gordon?
(a) The brain.
(b) The seductress.
(c) The misanthrope.
(d) Medusa.

14. What was the special gift Jane received instead of a bicycle for Christmas, as a child?
(a) A necklace made of polished glass beads.
(b) A toy dog made out of felt.
(c) A wooden box with a false bottom.
(d) A painted tin tissue box.

15. How does the narrator characterize Darren’s skating ability at the roller rink?
(a) Reckless.
(b) Sluggish and thoughtful.
(c) Quick and agile.
(d) Fretful.

Short Answer Questions

1. What advice did Evanson give Adam in Minneapolis?

2. What was Darren’s relationship with Ron Williams?

3. What was Jonathan’s reaction to paying for a sex act at the bath house?

4. What was Adam advocating in the semi-final debate?

5. How does the narrator characterize the state of American culture?

(see the answer keys)

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