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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Story 3 opens with the narrator seeing ________ in an olive-green three-piece suit, with his blond hair combed back and his face shining and suffering.
(a) Jack Hotel.
(b) Richard.
(c) Thatcher.
(d) Georgie.

2. What is the minimum amount of years Jack Hotel could spend in jail for his crime?
(a) 100 years.
(b) 10 years.
(c) 25 years.
(d) 50 years.

3. In Story 5, whose ex-girlfriend did the narrator end up marrying?
(a) Georgie.
(b) McInness.
(c) Jack Hotel.
(d) Dundun.

4. What does the narrator's "new companion" in Story 2 want from the narrator?
(a) A place to stay.
(b) Drugs.
(c) Money.
(d) A ride home.

5. Where did the narrator first meet Dundun?
(a) In high school.
(b) At a bar.
(c) At the Johnson County Jail.
(d) At Seattle General Mental Institution.

6. Who is the only customer at the Vine when the narrator arrives in the beginning of Story 5?
(a) Jack.
(b) Mitchell.
(c) Wayne.
(d) Scout.

7. The narrator states that ________ is like a railroad club car that had somehow run itself off the tracks into a swamp of time where it awaited the blows of the wrecking ball.
(a) Wayne.
(b) The Vine.
(c) His life.
(d) Money.

8. Who does Wayne stop to see after he and the narrator finish work?
(a) His father.
(b) His son.
(c) His wife.
(d) His grandmother.

9. According to the narrator, he and the Salesman developed a dangerous cynical camaraderie beginning in ________.
(a) Alaska.
(b) Texas.
(c) Florida.
(d) New York.

10. Who asks the question in Story 1, "Are you hearing unusual sounds or voices?"
(a) The narrator.
(b) The doctor.
(c) Georgie.
(d) The Salesman.

11. Who was the naked woman flying over the river behind the boat in Story 5?
(a) Wayne's girlfriend.
(b) Wayne's daughter.
(c) Wayne's wife.
(d) Wayne's ex-fiance.

12. Who asks the narrator to take McInnes to the hospital?
(a) McInnes.
(b) Beatle.
(c) Jack Hotel.
(d) Dundun.

13. Where is the narrator at the end of Story 1?
(a) At a party.
(b) At a bar.
(c) In a mental institution.
(d) In a cemetary.

14. Who is the narrator of Story 2 referring to when he says, "I'd better just go after him, instead of waiting"?
(a) Caplan.
(b) Stan.
(c) Georgie.
(d) Manny.

15. What is the name of the bar the narrator is at in Story 3?
(a) A J's Bar & Grill.
(b) Blind Pig Pub.
(c) The Vine.
(d) Big Daddy's.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Wayne referring to in Story 5 when he says, "It is my sacrifice"?

2. What does the Salesman hit with his car causing a severe accident in Story 1?

3. Who does the narrator call "Nurse" in Story 5?

4. What type of party is Jack Hotel throwing for himself at the bar in Story 3?

5. In Story 2, where does the narrator meet the "first man"?

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