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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Strange Man want the Main Character to tell him in Chapter 17?
(a) Where he obtained the sheep photo.
(b) How he met the Rat.
(c) How he met the Girlfriend.
(d) The Rat's location.

2. Whose phone number does the Limo Driver say he has?
(a) The Prime Minister's.
(b) The Boss's.
(c) God's.
(d) The Girlfriend's.

3. What do the Main Character and his guest do together in Chapter 2?
(a) Play cards.
(b) Kiss.
(c) Drink coffee.
(d) Water the plants.

4. What does the Strange Man tell the Business Partner that the company must do?
(a) Stop publishing a certain bulletin.
(b) Hire the person he indicates.
(c) Fire the Girlfriend.
(d) Start to publish a bulletin that contains specific information.

5. What best describes the mental state of the Main Character at the time he knew the person who dies in Chapter 1?
(a) Peaceful.
(b) Unfocused.
(c) Driven.
(d) Angst ridden.

6. What does the Main Character realize about his photos at the end of Chapter 3?
(a) His ex-wife cut out any picture of herself.
(b) There is a slip on a chair in many of the pictures.
(c) He has not taken any photos in three years.
(d) He is not in any of his photos.

7. For how long does the Main Character tell the Business Partner that he will be gone?
(a) He does not tell him.
(b) At least a year.
(c) Until his next birthday.
(d) At least a month.

8. What does the Rat send to the Main Character along with his first letter?
(a) An advertisement and a stamp.
(b) An addressed and stamped envelope.
(c) A novel.
(d) A lighter.

9. Where does the Rat's second letter tell the Main Character is his final destination?
(a) On an island.
(b) In a city.
(c) On a farm.
(d) In the mountains.

10. What is in the photograph that the Main Character used in the bulletin?
(a) A herd of sheep.
(b) Worms digging in dirt.
(c) A famous and powerful man.
(d) The Girlfriend and the Boss.

11. Who tells the Main Character about a sheep in Chapter 6?
(a) His neighbor.
(b) His ex-wife.
(c) A messenger.
(d) The business partner.

12. How does the Strange Man respond to the Main Character's attempts at small talk during their phone call in Chapter 22?
(a) He is uncharacteristically friendly.
(b) With silence.
(c) He tells him to stop wasting his time.
(d) He urges him to get to the point.

13. What does the Girlfriend tell the Main Character about her ears?
(a) They bring her great luck.
(b) She rarely displays them.
(c) They bring her great misery.
(d) She gets a high off showing them.

14. Where does the Main Character go in Chapter 1?
(a) To a temple.
(b) To a performance.
(c) To a school.
(d) To a funeral.

15. Where does the bar owner suggest that the Main Character stay while he is in town?
(a) With the Main Character's family.
(b) With the Rat's friend.
(c) With the bar owner.
(d) With the Rat's family.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Business Partner believe about the business?

2. How does the Main Character first learn of the death in Chapter 1?

3. What does the Strange Man tell the Business Partner to do with the object he gives him?

4. What does the Strange Man do as he waits for the Business Partner to arrive?

5. Whom does the Strange Man say he represents?

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