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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did the element that Celia ingested do to her?
(a) Dehydrated her.
(b) Caused vomiting.
(c) Halted her appetite.
(d) Dissolved her insides.

3. What is Kilgore asked to be in the letter he receives?
(a) A model.
(b) Keynote speaker.
(c) An usher.
(d) A substitute teacher.

4. What does Dwayne believe about everyone else after reading Kilgore's novel?
(a) They are sheep.
(b) They are inferior to him.
(c) They do not really exist.
(d) They are robots.

5. How did Dwayne's wife die?
(a) By drowning.
(b) By slitting her wrists.
(c) By ingesting a powerful solvent.
(d) By hanging herself.

6. What does Kilgore's novel tell the story of?
(a) Society of people aging backwards.
(b) Society of talking animals.
(c) Society of living automobiles.
(d) Society of space monkeys.

7. Why does Kilgore decide to go to the event in Midland City that he is invited to?
(a) To represent Midland City.
(b) To represent the dark side of the arts.
(c) To represent his family name.
(d) To represent success in adulthood.

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

9. What happens to Dwayne when he leaves the hotel?
(a) He resumes his unstable behavior.
(b) He gets hit by a car.
(c) He provokes someone to fight with him.
(d) He feels normal and continues on with his day.

10. Who is Dwayne's secretary?
(a) Francine Pefko.
(b) The Narrator.
(c) Phoebe Hurty.
(d) The Author.

11. What does Dwayne demand from Kilgore when he first meets him?
(a) Nothing.
(b) A message.
(c) A sum of money.
(d) A handshake.

12. What is the name of the house servant that Dwayne employs?
(a) Denise Lennihan.
(b) Laura Daniels.
(c) Lottie Davis.
(d) Dorothy Lewis.

13. What happens after the newspapers pick up a comment Kilgore makes to the police?
(a) Kilgore is asked not to give a speech anymore.
(b) NYC citizens think there is a new crime wave.
(c) People berate Midland City.
(d) People start boycotting the arts festival.

14. What does Kilgore discover when he wakes up after walking the streets Chapter 8?
(a) He has a large sum of money.
(b) He has lost his speech.
(c) He has been robbed, raped and beat up.
(d) He lost his keys.

15. Who does Kilgore receive a fan letter from, that praises his work Plague On Wheels?
(a) Phoebe Hurty.
(b) Eliot Rosewater.
(c) Philboyd Studge.
(d) Dwayne Hoover.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Dwayne's medical condition mentioned in Chapter 1?

2. What does Kilgore do for the rest of the drive after he and the driver leave the diner?

3. Where does Kilgore walk after he leaves the pornographic theater?

4. What does The Narrator claim the book to be in terms of himself?

5. Which family member does Dwayne think about in Chapter 6?

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