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

2. What was Jonathan’s reaction to paying for a sex act at the bath house?
(a) It made him mean.
(b) It made him miserable.
(c) It filled him with guilt.
(d) It made him proud.

3. Who was Adam shopping with when he ran into one of Reynolds’ friends?
(a) Jonathan.
(b) His mother and grandmother.
(c) Amber.
(d) Sima.

4. Where did Darren get a drink on his walk home?
(a) A convenience store.
(b) A glass inside someone’s house.
(c) A hose outside a house.
(d) A McDonalds.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Jane defuse Adam’s meltdown when he could not reach his girlfriend?

2. How does Adam’s mother characterize the author of the purple cow lyric?

3. Who paid for dinner before Jane’s event?

4. How did this story about the special gift make Adam feel about Jane’s family?

5. Where was Jonathan returning the U.S. from, when he recalls being 16, at the beginning of the New York School chapter?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Adam characterize his circle’s relationship with Darren?

2. How did the time at the roller rink return seven years later in the basement at Jason’s party?

3. What explanation does Jonathan give for why his parents and the diplomats drank so much in Taiwan?

4. What observations does Adam make about American culture when he is in the supermarket with his mother and grandmother?

5. How did Adam lose his L-D debate?

6. What is the narrator’s relationship with Darren’s hike back from Clinton Lake?

7. In what condition did Darren wake up at Clinton Lake?

8. Where did Darren walk to, and where did he end up, before he got a ride home?

9. In what ways did Adam and his friend shift their aggression into the realm of language?

10. What was Jonathan’s experience in the bathhouse, and how did it affect him?

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