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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 simile is made to describe the wind?
(a) Cold as misery.
(b) Loud as a lion.
(c) Ruthless as a viking.
(d) Strong as a bear.

2. What subject do Dexter and Judy not discuss during dinner?
(a) A near-by city.
(b) Dexter's laundry business.
(c) Dexter's university.
(d) Golf.

3. Who does Dexter envision in the summer room and on the sun-porch?
(a) His college friends.
(b) Judy's past lovers.
(c) Judy and Dexter's children.
(d) Judy's parents.

4. Where does the main character live?
(a) Grizzly Bear.
(b) Brown Bear.
(c) Polar Bear.
(d) Black Bear.

5. According to Dexter, to be careless in dress and manner required more confidence than what?
(a) To be careful.
(b) To run for president.
(c) To go barefoot.
(d) An ox.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which nationality did Dexter take special interest in learning about for his business?

2. What was Judy's mood like at dinner with Dexter?

3. What did people like to say about Dexter when he returned to Black Bear?

4. When Dexter comes over for dinner, around what time does Judy finally come downstairs?

5. According to the narrator, an enormous thing happened near the fifteenth green because of what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Dexter not harbor any hard feelings toward Judy even though he is unable to maintain a relationship with her?

2. Why does Dexter caddy?

3. What is Dexter's impression of Judy's dress in Part 3?

4. What does Dexter do after Devlin leaves his office?

5. What reasons did Judy give for ending her relationship with Dexter in Part 5?

6. Why is Mr. Jones upset that Dexter quit caddying in Part1?

7. What did Dexter want out of life?

8. What is Dexter's impression of the dinner at Judy's house in Part 3?

9. How does Devlin respond to Dexter's reaction at him (Devlin) calling Judy "a pretty girl?"

10. Why doesn't Dexter caddy for the young girl in Part 1?

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