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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What is the check meant for that Kilgore receives with the letter?
(a) Medical expenses.
(b) Travel expenses.
(c) Bribe money.
(d) Award money.

9. Why is Dwayne's wife dead?
(a) It was an accident.
(b) Dwayne killed her.
(c) She was murdered.
(d) She killed herself.

10. What is causing Dwayne's continual mental instability?
(a) Drugs.
(b) Medication he is taking.
(c) A chemical imbalance.
(d) Lack of testosterone.

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

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

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

14. Why is Cyprian staying in a hotel?
(a) He finds it easier to live in a hotel.
(b) He is newly employed and has not found a home.
(c) He does not have enough money for a house.
(d) He does not have the time to cook and clean for himself.

15. Where does Kilgore travel to at the beginning of Chapter 5?
(a) Washington D.C.
(b) Philadelphia.
(c) Baltimore.
(d) New York City.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Cyprian's vocation?

2. Where does Cyprian work?

3. How does Kilgore make his living?

4. Who is Dwayne's secretary?

5. How much is the check for that is enclosed in the letter that Kilgore receives?

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