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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. What does Frank do after putting a wasp in the factory?
(a) Confesses his sins.
(b) Shakes it up.
(c) Lights candles.
(d) Smokes a cigarette.

2. Why does Angus say he kept the plastic genitals?
(a) To make a mold.
(b) To confuse Frank.
(c) To test a new experiment.
(d) To look at.

3. What makes Frank question his parents being the same person?
(a) A picture of Agnes.
(b) A note he finds in Angus' study.
(c) Their similar names.
(d) Something Angus says to him.

4. In "Space Invaders," what does Frank say about Eric?
(a) He is like a woman.
(b) He is insane.
(c) He is dangerous.
(d) He is beautiful.

5. In "Running Dog," what does Frank use his binoculars for?
(a) To spy on Angus.
(b) To see into town.
(c) To see a vacation home.
(d) To see across the ocean.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Frank say he felt like he started losing Eric as a brother?

2. In "Space Invaders," when does Frank suggest wiping out all of humanity?

3. What is Frank's first impression of his father's study?

4. What does Frank say Eric did to the neighbors' dogs when he came home from school?

5. What happened to Eric once he started drinking while going to college?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Running Dog," how does Frank explain insanity?

2. Whose deaths were predicted by the wasp factory?

3. How does Frank describe his childhood relationship with Eric?

4. After learning she is a girl, how does Frank feel about her life?

5. Why did Eric's relatives hold an intervention when he was a child?

6. What is strange about the specimen jar Frank finds in Angus' study?

7. What does Frank think about before falling asleep in "Space Invaders"?

8. What is the wasp factory?

9. Why does Frank become angry with his father in "The Prodigal"?

10. What led to Eric being put in hospitals?

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