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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hassan think is the answer to Colin's problems?
(a) A belief in God.
(b) A girlfriend with another name.
(c) A unique invention.
(d) A more varied workout.

2. What does the tour guide see written in Colin's notebook?
(a) K-19.
(b) A poem written in German.
(c) A picture of Katherine I.
(d) The words "Ipso facto."

3. What does Hollis offer Colin and Hassan?
(a) Jobs.
(b) Advice.
(c) Some sandwhiches for the road.
(d) Free work on their car problem.

4. What story does the convenience clerk tell Hassan and Colin?
(a) About her grandmother who was a medium.
(b) About her paramedic training.
(c) About the Archduke's death.
(d) About her mechanic's course at the tech school.

5. What do Hassan and Lindsey decide to play?
(a) A video game.
(b) A trivia game.
(c) Gin.
(d) Billiards.

6. Who is working at the convenience store when Colin and Hassan drop off Lindsey there?
(a) No one; it's been closed.
(b) Her sister.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her boyfriend.

7. How many times has this same event occurred to Colin in the past?
(a) 19.
(b) 0.
(c) 13.
(d) 5.

8. Where does Lindsey take Colin and Hassan on their first day of working?
(a) They old balers.
(b) Old man Starnes' house.
(c) The barn.
(d) The mechanical room.

9. What does Colin do when Hassan pulls off the road after they leave the factory?
(a) Gathers a bunch of daisies.
(b) Calls Katherine the XIX.
(c) Meditates in a field of daisies.
(d) Writes a short poem.

10. Where do Colin and Hassan go after talking to Colin's parents?
(a) To the basement to work on a new invention Colin has thought of.
(b) To the beach.
(c) To the movies.
(d) To Hassan's house.

11. What does Colin's father say about Colin's last girlfriend?
(a) She is at the front door.
(b) She is not worth grieving over.
(c) They met her at the hot dog stand.
(d) She called Colin's father's cell phone.

12. What does Hassan want when he first wakes?
(a) Toothpaste.
(b) To know what time it is.
(c) Coffee.
(d) A donut.

13. What does Colin tell Hassan?
(a) That the mouse will die of heat if left in the mailbox.
(b) That Colin has lost his job.
(c) That Katherine the XIX dumped him.
(d) That Colin's father has told Colin to move out.

14. What does Colin do for the first time since he and Katherine XIX broke up?
(a) Starts thinking about his next girlfriend.
(b) Cries.
(c) Shrugs his shoulders and appears less attached.
(d) Refuses to answer a call from Katherine.

15. What does Colin's father say he, his mother and Katherine all have in common?
(a) Worry about Colin.
(b) The idea that Colin should change jobs.
(c) The belief that something better will happen for Colin.
(d) The idea that Colin should go away to college.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Colin call his mother?

2. Who is Hassan?

3. For how many years has Starnes worked at the same place?

4. Where are Colin's parents when they are first mentioned?

5. How much pay could Colin and Hollis earn at the factory?

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