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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 did Bogus request from Couth at the end of the letter in Chapter 6?
(a) He wanted Couth to flush seventeen toilets.
(b) He wanted Couth to provide new window screens.
(c) He wanted Couth to visit more often.
(d) He wanted Couth to send more money.

2. Whom does Bogus speak to in Chapter 14?
(a) A window mother.
(b) A wall brother.
(c) A floor sister.
(d) A door father.

3. Why did Bogus write to Couth?
(a) To discuss his medical issues.
(b) To invite him for a visit.
(c) To ask for money.
(d) To seek marriage counsel.

4. What does Tulpen offer Bogus when she thinks he is upset?
(a) A fresh start.
(b) A baby.
(c) A day to relax.
(d) A new home.

5. Whom does Bogus encounter in the night?
(a) Mr. Fitch.
(b) Tulpen.
(c) Colm.
(d) Biggie.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Ralph want to use for his next subject?

2. How do Tulpen and Bogus start their day, everyday?

3. Where would Bogus like to raise Colm?

4. Why did Biggie say Bogus still wouldn't succeed with a life like Couth's?

5. Where did Bogus say he met Biggie?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Ralph not think he needed to pay Bogus?

2. How does Bogus's life with Tulpen begin to mirror his life with Biggie?

3. Explain what Bogus thinks disappeared with Merrill and how the two are related.

4. Give at least three examples to support Bogus's sense of entitlement in the world.

5. What offer does Tulpen make to Bogus? What reasoning does Tulpen give for her offer?

6. What is the difference between Bogus and Colm?

7. How did Biggie and Bogus's first night together differ from their daily life after marriage?

8. How did Biggie's letters differ, and which did she send?

9. How did Bogus's tone change from letter to letter?

10. How does a katydid alter Bogus's view of the world?

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