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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How are Baron's friends described in Book Two?
(a) Hippies.
(b) Yuppies.
(c) Dixies.
(d) Junkies.

2. How does Isaac escape when he and Poe are initially confronted by the vagrants in the car factory?
(a) He claims he has a phone call.
(b) He claims he has to urinate.
(c) He claims he has epilepsy.
(d) He claims he has a car outside.

3. Who among the drifters at the car factory is described as an old man?
(a) Otto.
(b) Virgil.
(c) Murray.
(d) Harris.

4. Who among the drifters at the car factory is described as a smaller Mexican man?
(a) Jesus.
(b) Jack.
(c) Juan.
(d) Jorge.

5. What does Poe do to his car when he gets home in Book Two?
(a) He drives it off a cliff.
(b) He washes it.
(c) She shoots a gun at it.
(d) He changes the oil.

6. What word from Book Two refers to a thing that is necessary for the achievement to an ends?
(a) Convolution.
(b) Requisite.
(c) Obstacle.
(d) Inherent.

7. How old is Isaac English in the beginning of the novel?
(a) 20.
(b) 22.
(c) 21.
(d) 26.

8. What do Isaac and Poe agree to do when they return to the car factory after the murder in Book One?
(a) Kill themselves.
(b) Burn down the factory and hide all the evidence.
(c) Submerge the body in the river and retrieve the evidence.
(d) Call the police and turn themselves in.

9. What did Harris do when he caught Virgil stealing previously?
(a) He beat him up.
(b) He put him in jail for 30 days.
(c) He had him charged with additional crimes.
(d) He let him go.

10. What is Daryl Foster spraypainting on a wall when Isaac encounters him in Book Two?
(a) His initials.
(b) A Nietzsche quote.
(c) A Thoreau quote.
(d) A swastika.

11. How is Isaac's physicality described in the narrative?
(a) Short and fat.
(b) Small and wispy.
(c) Tall and muscular.
(d) Tall and fat.

12. How did Isaac's mother die?
(a) She was in a car accident.
(b) She was executed.
(c) She committed suicide.
(d) She was murdered.

13. In what town has Isaac grown up?
(a) Buell.
(b) Malvern.
(c) Plymouth.
(d) Hendrix.

14. Of what crime does Harris know his friend on the city council that is being investigated to be guilty?
(a) Bribery.
(b) Murder.
(c) Robbery.
(d) Theft.

15. How old is Poe in Book One?
(a) 23.
(b) 19.
(c) 20.
(d) 21.

Short Answer Questions

1. From whose house is Poe walking home in the beginning of Book Two?

2. What is the name of Poe's mother?

3. Who shoves his hands into Poe's pants during the fight at the car factory in Book One?

4. Where is Poe's cell-mate when he arrives at prison in Book Two?

5. What do the teenage boys say after they've beaten up Isaac in Book Two?

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