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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the title of one of Kilkgore's science fiction novels?
(a) Plague on Wheels.
(b) The Destruction of Earth.
(c) Universal Questions.
(d) Alternate Realities.

2. What do the driver and Kilgore talk about as they travel through the mining town?
(a) Local practice of snake handling.
(b) How competitive the coal mining industry is.
(c) The destruction the coal mines are causing.
(d) The advancements their generation has made.

3. What does Kilgore browse through at a book store?
(a) Fiction books.
(b) Short story books.
(c) Non-fiction books.
(d) Pornographic books.

4. After going to the New York police station, what do the police assume Kilgore to be?
(a) A vagrant.
(b) A tourist.
(c) Mentally unstable.
(d) A con artist.

5. What does Kilgore decide after the driver tells him about the bad novel he has read?
(a) To make more copies of the book to sell.
(b) To tell the man he wrote the book.
(c) To remain anonymous.
(d) To change his name.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the bad novel the driver tells Kilgore about?

2. How old is Kilgore in Chapter 2?

3. What happens after the newspapers pick up a comment Kilgore makes to the police?

4. Where was Kilgore's novel published?

5. What is the plague that infests the planet in the science fiction story Kilgore comes up with?

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