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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Kilgore receive a letter from in Chapter 3, asking him to speak at an arts festival?
(a) Dwayne Hoover.
(b) Philboyd Studge.
(c) Fred T. Barry.
(d) Eliot Rosewater.

2. In Chapter 10, what is Kilgore's contrary position to the driver's conversation?
(a) It is too difficult to mobilize people to conserve.
(b) No one cares about conserving.
(c) God creates natural disasters even if conservation occurs.
(d) Conserving does not work.

3. Where do Kilgore and the person he hitchhiked a ride with drive through first after Kilgore gets in?
(a) Poisoned swamps of N.J.
(b) Power plants in South Jersey.
(c) Dumping grounds in the city.
(d) Projects in the city.

4. What does Kilgore learn in school about the discovery of America?
(a) It was established through fair trade.
(b) It was established by weaponery and slavery.
(c) It was established by missionaries.
(d) It was discovered earlier than 1492.

5. What kind of dog does Dwayne have?
(a) Labrador.
(b) Golden retriever.
(c) Terrier.
(d) Schnauzer.

6. Where does Kilgore live?
(a) West Chester, N.Y.
(b) Rochester, N.Y.
(c) Syracuse, N.Y.
(d) Cohoes, N.Y.

7. Where is the event Kilgore is asked to visit in Midland City?
(a) Mildred Barry Elementary School.
(b) Mildred Barry University.
(c) Mildred Barry Exhibition Center.
(d) Mildred Barry Memorial Center for the Arts.

8. What does Kilgore believe about mirrors?
(a) They allow humans to give in to vanity.
(b) They can expose the ultimate truth about a person.
(c) They are thin spots between alternate realities.
(d) They serve as portals to the past.

9. Why does Dwayne ignore Harry after Harry approaches him at the car dealership?
(a) Dwayne thinks he is hallucinating Harry.
(b) Dwayne has never liked Harry.
(c) Dwayne has more important things on his mind.
(d) Dwayne thinks Harry is stealing money.

10. What was The Narrator aware of and disturbed by as a young adolescent?
(a) Astronomy.
(b) Diseases.
(c) Anthropology.
(d) Human anatomy.

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

12. What happens to Kilgore after he leaves the bathroom in Chapter 7?
(a) He strikes a conversation with manager.
(b) He spills popcorn all over the floor.
(c) He lays down on a row of chairs and falls asleep.
(d) He is asked to leave because the theatre is closing.

13. How much is the check for that is enclosed in the letter that Kilgore receives?
(a) Two thousand dollars.
(b) One thousand dollars.
(c) Three thousand dollars.
(d) Five hundred dollars.

14. Who also checks into the hotel along with Cyprian?
(a) Dwayne.
(b) Eliot.
(c) Kilgore.
(d) Philboyd.

15. What is Cyprian's vocation?
(a) Biologist.
(b) Astrologist.
(c) Physician.
(d) Cancer researcher.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who commits suicide at the beginning of Chapter 4?

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

3. Who influenced The Narrator in his earlier life?

4. Who is undergoing a mental collapse at the beginning of the book?

5. What does the writing on the bathroom wall say?

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