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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dr. Proteus wonder at the end of Chapter 10?
(a) Whether he has enough money to quit his job.
(b) Whether he can get a promotion.
(c) Whether he has the courage to leave Anita.
(d) Whether he should fire Shepherd.

2. What is Luke Lubbock's approximate IQ?
(a) 70.
(b) 80.
(c) 120.
(d) 90.

3. What is Mr. Haycox concerned about when Dr. Proteus comes to visit the farm?
(a) That he will have to do more chores.
(b) That he will lose control of the farm.
(c) That Dr. Proteus will ruin the farmland.
(d) That Dr. Proteus will sell the farm to a corporation.

4. How does Dr. Proteus feel about the farm when he first sees it?
(a) He thinks he can get used to it.
(b) He is apprehensive about buying it.
(c) He loves it.
(d) He is disgusted.

5. What rumor has Shepherd been spreading about Dr. Proteus?
(a) That he is mentally unwell.
(b) That he intends to divorce Anita.
(c) That he intends to quit his job.
(d) That he has been stealing from the company.

6. Why won't Dr. Proteus's car start?
(a) Anita blew out the engine.
(b) Finnerty used all the gas.
(c) He has a bad transmission.
(d) The starter is broken.

7. At the end of Chapter 10, what lie does Dr. Proteus tell Anita at first about his night at the bar?
(a) That he slept with another woman.
(b) That he bought the bar.
(c) That he was never at the bar.
(d) That he asked Finnerty to move in permanently.

8. Why do the police want to question Dr. Proteus at the beginning of Chapter 10?
(a) Dr. Proteus's car was stolen.
(b) They find his gun.
(c) They think he is a thief.
(d) Someone broke into the plant.

9. What is true about the Reeks and Wrecks?
(a) There are more of them than there are jobs for them to do.
(b) They are part of a very prestigious organization.
(c) They are being forced into slavery.
(d) They are extremely well-paid.

10. How does everyone cover up Anita and Shepherd's fight?
(a) They pretend he is ill.
(b) They pretend it does not happen.
(c) They say he must not have gotten enough sleep.
(d) They say he must be drunk.

11. What problem do the Reeks and Wrecks find with Dr. Proteus's car?
(a) A broken fuel pump.
(b) A faulty cooling fan.
(c) A cut brake line.
(d) A bad gasket.

12. At the Meadows, what does Katherine say that Bud will probably have to do?
(a) Join the Reeks and Wrecks.
(b) Work at the bar.
(c) Become a janitor.
(d) Join the Army.

13. What does Hacketts secretly imagine doing?
(a) Becoming an artist.
(b) Becoming President.
(c) Insulting his superiors.
(d) Being promoted to General.

14. Who are Kroner and Baer?
(a) Friends of Anita's.
(b) Important officials at Ilium Works.
(c) Engineers who work below Dr. Proteus at Ilium Works.
(d) Regulars at the local bar.

15. Who is Mr. Haycox?
(a) The caretaker of the farm.
(b) The former owner's son.
(c) The real estate agent.
(d) A farmhand.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Anita react when Dr. Proteus tells her about his experience in Homestead?

2. What does Dr. Proteus say that upsets Anita at the end of Chapter 10?

3. How does Dr. Proteus react to Lasher's initial story about his son?

4. What is the condition of the farm when Dr. Proteus first visits it?

5. What does Dr. Proteus fantasize about doing in Chapter 10?

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