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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. In Chapter 9, who does the author blame for problems with editing this novel?
(a) Publishers.
(b) Agents.
(c) Lawyers.
(d) Readers.

2. In Chapter 8, who does the girl run away with?
(a) Her friend.
(b) Herself.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her mother's boyfriend.

3. Why does Claude speak to Merrill in Chapter 2?
(a) About a business disaster.
(b) About a safety flaw.
(c) About a financial crisis.
(d) About a hiring problem.

4. In Chapter 14, what does one interviewee say about getting reposted?
(a) The IRS only reposts people they dislike.
(b) Women are mainly reposted.
(c) Single men are reposted the most.
(d) Everyone wants to be reposted.

5. In the beginning Chapter 6, how old is Dean?
(a) An adult.
(b) A teenager.
(c) A child.
(d) A baby.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Merrill's middle name?

2. At the end of Chapter 9, what does the author question?

3. Why does Lowtis confront his neighbor in Chapter 20?

4. In Chapter 19, what is one main reason given for the problems of America?

5. How does the author represent questions during the interviews in Chapter 14?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the author talk about the dullness of the IRS in Chapter 9?

2. Why do people dislike the boy in Chapter 5?

3. While describing Stecyk in Chapter 12, what does the narrator comment on about the boy's future?

4. How does Stecyk change from Chapter 12 to Chapter 14?

5. In Chapter 9, what does the author say is wrong with his publisher?

6. In Chapter 5, how is the boy described?

7. In Chapter 9, what does the author say about the first few pages of any book?

8. What makes Chapter 4 different from Chapters 1-3?

9. Why does the author claim this novel is memoir in Chapter 9?

10. Why does Dean marry Sheri in Chapter 6?

(see the answer keys)

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