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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Maureen want to do to Jim?
(a) Destroy his financial situation.
(b) Break up his family and marry him herself.
(c) Ensure that he goes to jail for a crime he committed.
(d) Ruin his career so that she has less job competition.

2. How does the second book end?
(a) Jules is permanently injured.
(b) Jules dies.
(c) Nadine dies.
(d) Jules and Nadine get married.

3. To what does Jules compare himself in Chapter 7 of the third book?
(a) A radio that can only play static.
(b) A flower that is past its prime.
(c) A weed growing through the cracks in the sidewalk.
(d) A toy that has run out of batteries.

4. How does Mort feel about America?
(a) He has lost hope and wants to leave.
(b) He wants things to change, but doubts they will.
(c) He is apathetic because he doesn't believe change is coming.
(d) He is full of hope, despite the riots.

5. How do Jim and Maureen conduct their relationship?
(a) Secretly.
(b) They try to keep it a secret, but fail.
(c) They date, but do not associate with one another in school.
(d) Openly.

6. How does Jules feel about himself after his near-death experience?
(a) He is happier now than he ever was before.
(b) He feels as if he has a new lease on life because of what happened to him.
(c) He is angry at himself for the situation he is in.
(d) He is hopeless, and doesn't feel like himself anymore.

7. What prevents Nadine from committing fully to a relationship with Jules?
(a) Her job.
(b) Her marriage.
(c) Her children.
(d) Her parents.

8. What is happening to Maureen during her recovery?
(a) She is having flashbacks of the night she was beaten.
(b) She is having difficulty learning how to do simple things.
(c) She is slowly going blind.
(d) She is forgetting much of her past.

9. What does the library mean to Maureen?
(a) It is a place for her to see her friends, away from her mother's watchful eye.
(b) It is the place where she someday hopes to have a career.
(c) It is a haven of peace, and a place to escape.
(d) It symbolizes the education that will get her out of her present situation.

10. How does Nadine feel about Jules when they reunite?
(a) She loves him, but is confused.
(b) She loves him and wants to leave her husband to be with him.
(c) She wants him because she is bored and lonely.
(d) She is simply using him.

11. Who is Samson Wendall, in relation to Jules?
(a) Jules's grandfather.
(b) Jules's half-brother.
(c) Jules's uncle.
(d) Jules's nephew.

12. Jules tries to establish a career for himself in what field?
(a) Appliance sales.
(b) Automobile sales.
(c) Manufacturing.
(d) Real estate.

13. Why did Jim marry, and stay married?
(a) Love.
(b) Ordinary reasons.
(c) Financial security.
(d) His children.

14. How much time has passed between Maureen's year of catatonia, and the present time in Chapter 8 of the second book?
(a) A few months.
(b) Several weeks.
(c) Several years.
(d) Many years.

15. What about Jules bothers his girlfriend?
(a) His past, which he doesn't like to discuss.
(b) His violent tendencies.
(c) His flashbacks.
(d) His inability to commit to her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Maureen do at the University of Detroit?

2. What does Loretta blame for the disconnect between herself and her children?

3. What does Loretta steal during the riots?

4. When Maureen's recovery begins, how long has she been in her catatonic state?

5. Which character is central in Chapter 7 of the second book?

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