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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Main Character dream about in the limo on the way to the Boss's house?
(a) The Girlfriend's ears on the Strange Man's head.
(b) The Girlfriends ears sitting on the seat next to him.
(c) Pliers and a talking cow.
(d) A hammer and a talking sheep.

2. Where are they when the Girlfriend first shows the Main Character her ears?
(a) At a dinner party given by mutual friends.
(b) At the ad agency.
(c) In a library.
(d) In an upscale restaurant.

3. What is true of the Limo Driver?
(a) He is an atheist.
(b) He is a champion poker player.
(c) He is an Olympic athlete.
(d) He is a devout Christian.

4. What does the Business Partner believe about the business?
(a) That it is going to be audited.
(b) That it is overextended.
(c) That it is failing.
(d) That it has great potential.

5. What does the Main Character do when he cannot reach either of the two people he tries to phone after returning from the Boss's home?
(a) Orders more beer.
(b) Buys some wool socks.
(c) Calls a taxi.
(d) Goes to a movie.

6. What does the Rat refuse to give to the Main Character in his first letter?
(a) His address.
(b) The name of his new wife.
(c) The money he owes him.
(d) The dreams he is having.

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

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

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

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

11. What does the Rat include in his second letter to the Main Character?
(a) A postcard.
(b) A bulletin.
(c) An obituary and cash.
(d) A picture and a check.

12. Whom does the Strange Man say he represents?
(a) A friend.
(b) The Main Character's father.
(c) The name on the business card.
(d) The person in the photograph.

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

14. Where does the Main Character go to buy supplies after speaking to the Strange Man?
(a) A pharmacy.
(b) The grocery store.
(c) A clothing store.
(d) An outdoors supplier.

15. What does the unexpected visitor leave behind in Chapter 3?
(a) A slip.
(b) A business card.
(c) A book.
(d) Money.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the Strange Man give to the Main Character in Chapter 18 before telling him to leave?

3. What symptoms does the Boss exhibit of the brain cyst and the required medications?

4. What does the Main Character realize about his photos at the end of Chapter 3?

5. What does the Strange Man believe is really the Boss's problem?

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