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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. Who does the narrator fantasize about talking to in Chapter 6?
(a) Authors.
(b) Friends.
(c) Women.
(d) Waiters.

2. How high is the cliff the narrator sees the morning of Chapter 4?
(a) Two hundred feet.
(b) A hundred feet.
(c) A thousand feet.
(d) Two thousand feet.

3. On what day does the narrator say he began to get bored in Chapter 7?
(a) First.
(b) Second.
(c) Third.
(d) Fourth.

4. What is the name of the "skid row" hotel in which the narrator has been staying in Chapter 1?
(a) The Savoy.
(b) The Harston.
(c) The Mars.
(d) The Redlight.

5. What is Cody sitting in front of when the narrator arrives in Chapter 13?
(a) A chess set.
(b) A television.
(c) A nightstand.
(d) A mirror.

Short Answer Questions

1. What poem has McLear recently written in Chapter 19?

2. What poet does the narrator refer to in Chapter 5 in relation to himself?

3. What author's book does the narrator begin reading in Chapter 17?

4. Who does Jack curse himself for returning to the cabin with later in Chapter 5?

5. How old does the narrator say he is in the beginning of the book?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jack recall of George Baso in Chapter 15?

2. What in Chapter 3 is an example of foreshadowing?

3. What is the description of the boarding house where his friends live in Chapter 12?

4. What does Jack decide to do in Chapter 9? How does he go about leaving?

5. Who does Jack quote in Chapter 10 as he leaves the cabin? What does he say?

6. What animal does Jack encounter in Chapter 4? How does he describe this and the landscape?

7. What is Jack's reaction to Cody's disappointment to see him drinking in Chapter 13?

8. What "sign" does Jack speak of in Chapter 10 and why?

9. What spurs Jack to believe he is not wanted at the cabin in Chapter 9?

10. How does Jack describe the nature surrounding him in Chapter 3?

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