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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Howard describe his father's mental deterioration in Chapter 3?
(a) It seemed like my father became electrified.
(b) It seemed that one day my father awoke and was no longer himself.
(c) It seemed to me as if my father simply faded away.
(d) It seemed as though my father just vanished completely in one breath.

2. Where in the house does Howard's mother dress his father before his father is taken away?
(a) In the parlor.
(b) In the kitchen.
(c) In the basement.
(d) In his bedroom.

3. The narrator says of George as he dies in Chapter 4, "His bloodless legs were hard like wood." What literary device is used in this sentence?
(a) Literary allusion.
(b) Onomatopoeia.
(c) Forced perspective.
(d) Simile.

4. Who does Howard believe the Indian to be that he sees in the pond in Chapter 3?
(a) Old Sabbatis.
(b) Tom Budden.
(c) Old Red.
(d) Dan Cooper.

5. Whose neighboring corn field does Howard pass through as he looks for his father in the woods in Chapter 3?
(a) The Andrews' corn field.
(b) The Petersons' corn field.
(c) The Williams' corn field.
(d) The Gaspars' corn field.

6. What word from Chapter 3 refers to a circle of the earth passing through the poles and the observer's zenith?
(a) Meridian.
(b) Circumspect.
(c) Atmosphere.
(d) Circumference.

7. Approximately how old is George as he lay dying in the novel?
(a) 90.
(b) 80.
(c) 70.
(d) 60.

8. What word used by Howard in Chapter 3 means anxious or concerned?
(a) Solicitous.
(b) Casual.
(c) Uncommitted.
(d) Regal.

9. As Howard stands in the silt of the pond outlet in the woods in Chapter 3, the narrator describes the sticks and branches on the pond bed as feeling like what to him?
(a) Snakes.
(b) Stones.
(c) Bones.
(d) Engine parts.

10. What velvet-antlered animals are described in the "Cometa Borealis" excerpt in Chapter 4?
(a) White-tailed deer.
(b) Goats.
(c) Caribou.
(d) Mule deer.

11. What is the name of the grocery store where Howard works in 1953?
(a) A & P.
(b) Safeway.
(c) Piggly Wiggly.
(d) Albertson's.

12. Where does Megan go to tend to her ill mother in 1953?
(a) Boston.
(b) New York.
(c) Cleveland.
(d) Pittsburgh.

13. George reveals that he has an inscribed first edition printing of what novel in one of his safety deposit boxes in Chapter 4?
(a) The Great Gatsby.
(b) Alice in Wonderland.
(c) The Old Man and the Sea.
(d) The Scarlet Letter.

14. What magazine does Nikki Bocheki read while she sits with George in Chapter 4?
(a) People Magazine.
(b) Better Homes and Gardens.
(c) Cosmopolitan.
(d) International Luxury Properties.

15. What alias does Howard Crosby take on when he moves to Philadelphia?
(a) Aaron Lightfoot.
(b) Andrew Cobbler.
(c) Aaron Finn.
(d) Aaron Lightman.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Nikki Bocheki's profession?

2. How much money does Edward Billings pay George to repair the clock at the bank in Chapter 4?

3. What year is it when Howard dies in Chapter 4?

4. Where does George live in 1953?

5. What historical figure is Howard studying in history when his father goes to the meeting regarding his mental deterioration in Chapter 3?

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