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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Kyle and Lyle say is happening at the Sacred Miracle Cave?
(a) Too many animals are nesting inside.
(b) It is losing its tourist appeal and making less money.
(c) Kids have been spray painting the cave walls.
(d) It is filling up with industrial waste.

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

3. What is one of Dwayne's talents that allows him to understand the message Kilgore gives him?
(a) Speed reading.
(b) Logical reasoning.
(c) Giving speeches.
(d) Acute hearing.

4. What do Harry and his wife, Grace, decide to do after he arrives home from work?
(a) Take money from Dwayne and run away.
(b) Liquidate their stocks and move to Maui.
(c) Divorce and go their separate ways.
(d) Convince Dwayne to make Harry the manager.

5. What does Kilgore do when he is stuck in traffic on the way to Midland City?
(a) Tells the driver to make a u-turn.
(b) Calls home to check his messages.
(c) Gets out and walks.
(d) Honks the horn.

6. Who arrives at the scene of Dwayne's beating as an emergency doctor?
(a) Cyprian.
(b) The Narrator.
(c) Rabo.
(d) Harry.

7. What does Dwayne think about himself after reading Kilgore's book?
(a) He has been chosen by a higher power.
(b) Only he can talk to the creator of the universe.
(c) It was written specifically to him.
(d) He is destined for greatness.

8. What does Harry infer about Dwayne's ignoring him at the car dealership?
(a) That the company is in trouble.
(b) That Dwayne is going to fire him.
(c) That Dwayne knows Harry is a transvestite.
(d) That Dwayne thinks Harry is unfaithful to his wife.

9. What does the literature Kilgore is reading say about free will?
(a) Only the creator possesses it.
(b) Only the reader has it.
(c) It is not what we think it is.
(d) It is in everyone.

10. What disorder does Dwayne develop as he teeters on the edge of sanity?
(a) Tourette's.
(b) Amnesia.
(c) Dementia.
(d) Echolalia.

11. Who founded the coal mining in the place Kilgore drives through?
(a) Kilgore's great uncle.
(b) Fred Barry's family.
(c) Dwayne's grandfather.
(d) Eliot's ancestors.

12. What has Kilgore often imagined that he remembers when he sees The Narrator in the lounge?
(a) That he is the same person as The Narrator.
(b) That The Narrator is a character from one of Kilgore's stories.
(c) That he is a character in someone's novel.
(d) That whatever Kilgore writes comes true.

13. Where is Eliot Rosewater at the beginning of Chapter 24?
(a) Stuck in a traffic jam.
(b) On a train heading toward Midland City.
(c) Landing at the local airport.
(d) Driving away from Midland City.

14. What did Kyle and Lyle use to get rid of the bubbles in the cave?
(a) Their shotguns.
(b) A jack hammer.
(c) Industrial soap.
(d) Water.

15. What direction is Kilgore traveling in at the beginning of Chapter 16?
(a) West.
(b) North.
(c) South.
(d) East.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Kilgore devastated about after being recognized at the hotel?

2. What happens to Bunny while he is playing piano?

3. Who does Kilgore realize is watching him in the hotel lounge?

4. Who is the first victim of Dwayne's psychotic, violent rampage?

5. What does the 17-year-old waitress see Dwayne as?

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