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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. McDermott insists to Bateman that his idol, __________________, loves the pizza at Pastels, even though Bateman does not.
(a) Phil Collins.
(b) Donald Trump.
(c) Tom Cruise.
(d) John Hughes.

2. Bateman bribes __________ limo driver into taking Bateman and Evelyn to a club.
(a) McDermott's.
(b) A stranger's.
(c) Owen's.
(d) Price's.

3. Bateman rushes _____________ out of the room when he realizes that his identity might be discovered.
(a) Evelyn.
(b) Owen.
(c) Price.
(d) Courtney.

4. What does Price find as he is wandering around Evelyn's apartment at the beginning of the story?
(a) A window open.
(b) A dead body.
(c) Weed.
(d) Another couple.

5. What does not shock the dry cleaner when they pull out Bateman's laundry from its bag?
(a) The pieces of paper.
(b) The finger.
(c) The blood.
(d) The dead animal.

Short Answer Questions

1. ___________ teases a homeless man with money, but then refuses to give it to him at the start of the book.

2. Who stays with Price even as the others in their group decide to go into the club's basement?

3. Where do Price and Bateman go for dinner toward the end of this section of the book?

4. What is the talk show that Bateman likes to watch as a part of his daily morning routine?

5. What does Bateman decide that he needs to get before he can settle in for an evening at home?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Bateman brush off the girl from his apartment who wants to make a date with him?

2. When Evelyn asks whether Bateman has seen Tim Price, what does Bateman reveal that he knows about Price?

3. Though Bateman apologizes about disliking the pizza at Pastels, what does McDermott insist about this pizza?

4. What are two of the subjects Bateman and his friends discuss when they are out at Harry's?

5. Why doesn't Bateman just have someone else do his Christmas shopping for him as he knows Jean would?

6. What happens between Tim Price and the homeless man at the start of the novel?

7. What does Bateman realize about Evelyn and Price as she is brushing her hair and Price is talking to her?

8. What does Bateman find out about his date one night with Patricia, as indicated by several messages on his answering machine?

9. What is the problem at the dry cleaners at the start of this section of the book which causes Bateman to argue with the owners?

10. What is disturbing to Bateman about the party which Evelyn throws for the Christmas holiday?

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