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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Dwayne respond to what Bunny said at ten years-old?
(a) He grounded him.
(b) He sent him to a psychiatrist.
(c) He sent him to live with relatives.
(d) He sent him to military school.

2. Where does Kilgore walk to after leaving the car and wading through the water?
(a) The hotel lounge.
(b) Home.
(c) The arts festival.
(d) The burger restaurant.

3. What does Bonnie MacMahon, a waitress, say whenever she serves a patron a martini?
(a) "Breakfast of champions!"
(b) "Happy hour!"
(c) "Goodbye blue Monday!"
(d) "Now it can be told!"

4. Who does Dwayne find in the parking lot when he leaves the hotel after his rampage?
(a) The Narrator.
(b) Wayne.
(c) Kilgore.
(d) The cook.

5. Who invites Wayne into the hotel after noticing that he is loitering?
(a) The receptionist.
(b) The cook.
(c) Dwayne.
(d) The Narrator.

6. What does The Narrator note about Eliot after he has arrived in Midland City?
(a) He stole the idea of Eliot's character from another novel.
(b) He is going to delete Eliot's character from the novel.
(c) He wishes he had not written Eliot into the novel.
(d) He is featured in another of The Narrator's novels.

7. What did Bunny tell Dwayne when he was ten years-old?
(a) He thought he was adopted.
(b) He wanted to be like his dad.
(c) He wanted to be a woman.
(d) He hated the piano.

8. Who are Kyle and Lyle?
(a) Dwayne's twin brothers.
(b) Dwayne's uncles.
(c) Dwayne's cousins.
(d) Dwayne's children.

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

10. Who is Beatrice Keedlser?
(a) A novelist.
(b) A museum curator.
(c) A writer of children's books.
(d) A painter.

11. What birthday does The Narrator celebrate at the end of the novel?
(a) His 50th.
(b) His 60th.
(c) His 30th.
(d) His 40th.

12. What does Wayne do after watching the patrons through the peephole?
(a) Goes outside.
(b) Asks Rabo if he could play the piano.
(c) Continues eating.
(d) Walks over to join in the conversation.

13. What did Rabo tell the people surrounding him at the piano to make them adore him?
(a) That he is self-taught.
(b) An explanation of his art.
(c) A story about his first audition.
(d) How much he practices.

14. What does Francine do with her day after Dwayne leaves the motel?
(a) Quits her job.
(b) Looks for Dwayne.
(c) Catches up on work.
(d) Leaves work early.

15. Who does Dwayne beat when he reaches the car dealership?
(a) Francine.
(b) Vernon.
(c) Harry.
(d) Kilgore.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does The Narrator decide to do about the novel at the beginning of Chapter 22?

2. What disorder does Dwayne develop as he teeters on the edge of sanity?

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

4. Who tries to intervene in Dwayne's beating and also gets a finger bitten off?

5. What does Kilgore do when he is stuck in traffic on the way to Midland City?

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