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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the literature Kilgore is reading say about free will?
(a) It is not what we think it is.
(b) Only the creator possesses it.
(c) It is in everyone.
(d) Only the reader has it.

2. When Dwayne has difficulty hitting the person he finds in the hotel parking lot after his rampage, what does he do instead?
(a) Asks the person for a ride home.
(b) Lectures on race relations and slavery.
(c) Runs back inside of the hotel.
(d) Throws pieces of trash at the person.

3. What does Wayne do after watching the patrons through the peephole?
(a) Goes outside.
(b) Walks over to join in the conversation.
(c) Asks Rabo if he could play the piano.
(d) Continues eating.

4. What drove everyone out of the Sacred Miracle Cave?
(a) The animal droppings.
(b) The acidic waste.
(c) The bats that fly around the cave.
(d) The stink of the bubbles bursting.

5. What happens to Dwayne as he remains in the hotel lounge and more central characters arrive?
(a) He starts to cry.
(b) He has an outburst.
(c) He picks a fight with Kilgore.
(d) He sinks deeper into confusion.

6. What disorder does Dwayne develop as he teeters on the edge of sanity?
(a) Amnesia.
(b) Dementia.
(c) Echolalia.
(d) Tourette's.

7. How does The Narrator celebrate his birthday at the end of the novel?
(a) By writing a new novel.
(b) By burning the novel.
(c) By freeing all of his characters.
(d) By celebrating with the characters.

8. What is Harry wearing at the car dealership in Chapter 13?
(a) A Hawaiian costume.
(b) A Halloween costume.
(c) A bright yellow blazer.
(d) Plaid pants.

9. Who does Kilgore realize is watching him in the hotel lounge?
(a) The Narrator.
(b) Wayne.
(c) Dwayne.
(d) Bunny.

10. What does The Narrator convince Kilgore of when he meets him face to face?
(a) That he is a freethinker.
(b) That he is a fictional character.
(c) That he will die soon.
(d) That he is not a good writer.

11. What is the book that Kilgore skims through during the drive about?
(a) The meaning of life from different religious viewpoints.
(b) A letter from the creator of the universe to the reader.
(c) How people in the future continually try to regain the past.
(d) What is going to happen ten years from now.

12. What does the 17-year-old waitress see Dwayne as?
(a) Love of her life.
(b) Unattractive and unfaithful.
(c) A deadbeat.
(d) A solution to her financial problems.

13. Where do Francine and Dwayne meet after he calls her?
(a) Dwayne's house.
(b) A motel.
(c) A restaurant.
(d) The Holiday Inn.

14. What does the literature Kilgore is reading say about the reader's behavior?
(a) It is exactly what the creator of the universe wants.
(b) It can mystify the creator of the universe.
(c) It is irrational and illogical.
(d) It is slowly chipping away at the human race.

15. What error does The Narrator note about Kilgore that he should change, but will not because it would be too complicated?
(a) Bunny playing the piano.
(b) Celia's suicide.
(c) Francine's character.
(d) The trip and its timeline.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Dwayne respond to what Bunny said at ten years-old?

2. After reading Kilgore's book, what does Dwayne believe about everyone else?

3. What happens to Dwayne once the police arrive at the scene of the beating?

4. Who are Kyle and Lyle?

5. What does Dwayne take off of Kilgore's table?

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