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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Dwayne's medical condition mentioned in Chapter 1?
(a) Advanced dementia.
(b) Alzheimer's Disease.
(c) Chemically imbalanced.
(d) Schizophrenic.

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

3. Who is Dwayne's number one salesman?
(a) Eliot Rosewater.
(b) Kilgore Trout.
(c) Philboyd Studge.
(d) Harry LeSabre.

4. Who does Dwayne believe the insight he gains from reading Kilgore's novel is from?
(a) Creator of the Universe.
(b) His late father.
(c) President of the United States.
(d) Satan.

5. What does Kilgore decide after reading what he saw written in the bathroom?
(a) To kill himself.
(b) To live his life as he has been doing.
(c) To act as the eyes, ears and conscious of the creator.
(d) To join a new religion.

6. Where is Kilgore invited to in the letter he receives?
(a) A university.
(b) A fashion show.
(c) An arts festival.
(d) A car convention.

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

8. Where does Cyprian work?
(a) A local hospital.
(b) A pharmacy.
(c) A research center.
(d) A family clinic.

9. What book of Kilgore's does his fan praise in the letter?
(a) Alternate Realities.
(b) Slaughterhouse Five
(c) Galaxy Cruise.
(d) Plague on Wheels.

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

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

12. 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.

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

14. Where do Kilgore and the driver arrive at the beginning of Chapter 12?
(a) Midland City.
(b) New York.
(c) Washington D.C.
(d) Philadelphia.

15. Who is undergoing a mental collapse at the beginning of the book?
(a) The Author.
(b) The Narrator.
(c) Kilgore Trout.
(d) Dwayne Hoover.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dwayne Hoover do for a living?

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

3. Why is Cyprian staying in a hotel?

4. Who is Dwayne's secretary?

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

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