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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Instead of shooting himself, what does Dwayne do in an effort to end his life?
(a) Crashes his car.
(b) Swallows pills.
(c) Picked a fight with someone.
(d) Hangs himself.

3. What does Kilgore muse about after arriving in the city in Chapter 12?
(a) If he is meant to be where he is that day for a reason.
(b) How the world is how it should be.
(c) How he wonders if he lives in an alternate reality.
(d) Where he should send his latest story.

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

5. What does The Narrator foreshadow Kilgore convincing Dwayne about?
(a) Dwayne is not of this planet.
(b) Dwayne's ancestors once rules the planet.
(c) Dwayne is the only thinking person on the planet.
(d) Dwayne is destined for more important things.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kilgore learn in school about the discovery of America?

2. What does Kilgore attempt to do after reading what was written on the bathroom wall?

3. How did Dwayne's wife die?

4. Who is Dwayne's secretary?

5. What does Kilgore discover when he wakes up after walking the streets Chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

1. in Chapter 12, what does the driver recognize as a difference between himself and Kilgore?

2. Who sends Kilgore a fan letter and what is the book that the fan praises?

3. How is the Preface in Breakfast of Champions presented in terms of genre?

4. What is one of the boring topics that Kilgore and the driver talk about when they go through Philadelphia?

5. Who is Cyprian Ukwende and why is he staying at the Midland City Holiday Inn?

6. What does the message written on the bathroom wall in the pornography theater say and what is Kilgore's response to it?

7. What does Kilgore think about mirrors? What does he think they are?

8. Why does Dwayne have to stand in line at his own hotel?

9. What does the scene between Dwayne and his pet dog, Sparky, infer about Dwayne's character?

10. What is the difference between Dwayne's personal life and business life?

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