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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Kilgore discover as the driver describes the bad novel?
(a) It is his favorite novel.
(b) It is one of his novels.
(c) He knows the author who wrote it.
(d) He has read the novel as well.

2. What does Dwayne take off of Kilgore's table?
(a) Kilgore's plate of food.
(b) Kilgore's drink.
(c) The book, Now It Can Be Told.
(d) One of Kilgore's manuscripts.

3. After reading Kilgore's book, what does Dwayne believe about everyone else?
(a) They need to know about the book.
(b) They are part of the higher power.
(c) They are pre-programmed.
(d) They are freethinkers as well.

4. After The Narrator decides to do something new with the novel, how does he accomplish this objective?
(a) By changing the tense.
(b) By choosing a new genre.
(c) By adding more examinations.
(d) By eliminating irrelevant details.

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

6. What is Wayne instructed to do once he comes inside the hotel and eats a steak?
(a) To look through a peephole.
(b) To leave once he is done eating.
(c) To fill out a server application.
(d) To help wash the dishes.

7. What does the literature Kilgore is reading say about the reader's behavior?
(a) It can mystify the creator of the universe.
(b) It is slowly chipping away at the human race.
(c) It is exactly what the creator of the universe wants.
(d) It is irrational and illogical.

8. What does The Narrator convince Kilgore of when he meets him face to face?
(a) That he is a fictional character.
(b) That he is a freethinker.
(c) That he will die soon.
(d) That he is not a good writer.

9. What has Rabo just sold to Midland City?
(a) His art gallery.
(b) A new space for an exhibition.
(c) His portfolio of drawings.
(d) An over-priced painting.

10. What does Kilgore do when he leaves the hospital?
(a) Looks for the arts festival.
(b) Fills out a report for the police.
(c) Tries to find Dwayne.
(d) Tries to contact Eliot.

11. What does The Narrator claim to be unaware of in the Epilogue?
(a) Dwayne's whereabouts.
(b) A vicious dog stalking him.
(c) The arts festival's cancellation.
(d) What has happened to Kilgore.

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

13. 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) It is filling up with industrial waste.
(d) Kids have been spray painting the cave walls.

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

15. What does The Narrator say about his own mother and Bunny's mother, Celia?
(a) They did not understand their sons.
(b) They both left their families.
(c) They were both mentally unstable.
(d) They were close friends.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Dwayne do in the lobby after assaulting Bunny and before going outside?

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

4. What does Kilgore see that caused the traffic jam he was stuck in?

5. What does The Narrator note about Eliot after he has arrived in Midland City?

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