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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 does the tour guide saying she is training to become?
(a) A paramedic.
(b) A teacher.
(c) A car mechanic.
(d) A beautician.

2. What do Colin and Lindsey discuss when she checks on Colin?
(a) Probability.
(b) Providence.
(c) Popularity.
(d) Possibility.

3. Who is going to be teaching at summer camp?
(a) Lindsey.
(b) Hassan after they get back.
(c) Zeke.
(d) Katherine.

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

5. From where did Starnes retire?
(a) The sheriff's office.
(b) He was a self-employed farmer.
(c) The factory in Gutshot.
(d) He is a self-employed writer and still works.

Short Answer Questions

1. For how long has Starnes lived in Gutshot?

2. How long does Colin spend alone in his room?

3. What has just happened to Colin?

4. Who is working at the convenience store when Colin and Hassan drop off Lindsey there?

5. What does Hassan think is the answer to Colin's problems?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Colin as they are following their tour guide behind the store and who helps him?

2. What does Hollis say Colin and Hassan will do for their job?

3. What does Hollis offer Hassan and Colin?

4. What does Colin think about as he is lying on the ground waiting for the tour guide to return?

5. What happened when Colin's parents enroll him in a pre-school?

6. What does Hassan do in order to be able to go back to the Hollis home earlier than they are supposed to?

7. Where does Lindsey go after interviewing Starnes?

8. What approach do Hassan and Colin use on Hassan's father to gain permission for the trip?

9. What is Colin doing at the opening of the novel and what is he upset about?

10. Whose grave is advertised when Colin and Hassan decide to exit off the interstate?

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