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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 do the Main Character and his business partner first discuss in Chapter 7?
(a) The Business Partner's disease.
(b) The Business Partner's church.
(c) The Main Character's divorce.
(d) A new client that the Main Character wants to work with.

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

3. What is the trilateral power base that the Boss is said to control?
(a) Scientific institutions, a political party, and gold mines.
(b) Japanese imports, publishing, and politicians.
(c) Bankers, newspapers, and educational institutions.
(d) Politicians, information services, and stocks.

4. What does the Strange Man give to the Main Character in Chapter 18 before telling him to leave?
(a) A picture of the Girlfriend with the starred sheep.
(b) An address.
(c) A large sum of money.
(d) Lunch.

5. What fantasy does the Main Character have often as a college student?
(a) Hopping on a train out of town.
(b) Performing on stage.
(c) Herding sheep.
(d) Having an art exhibit.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Main Character see when he uses the magnifying glass?

2. Why does the Main Character say that his relationship with his ex-wife is over?

3. Whom does the Strange Man say he represents?

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

5. What time does the Strange Man arrive at the office?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the ex-wife not want the Main Character to deliver her belongings to her new home?

2. Is the Main Character a proactive or a reactive person?

3. What is revealed about the Main Character through his conversations with J and the Rat's female friend?

4. How does the Strange Man convince the Business Partner to meet his demands?

5. What does the way the Main Character responds to the death of his former lover in Chapter 1 reveal about him?

6. Describe the Limo Driver.

7. What do the woman's beautiful ears indicate about her?

8. Describe the Strange Man.

9. Is the Boss a respectable person?

10. What is the importance of the slip in Chapter 3?

(see the answer keys)

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