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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 sits near Dwayne during breakfast?
(a) Eliot.
(b) Kilgore.
(c) Cyprian.
(d) Philboyd.

2. Where does Dwayne eat breakfast at the beginning of Chapter 11?
(a) His house.
(b) A diner.
(c) A hotel.
(d) The park.

3. What does Kilgore browse through at a book store?
(a) Fiction books.
(b) Short story books.
(c) Pornographic books.
(d) Non-fiction books.

4. What is the day on which Kilgore and the driver arrive at the city in Chapter 12?
(a) Day after Veteran's Day.
(b) Day before Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
(c) Day after Memorial Day.
(d) Day after Labor Day.

5. What is Dwayne described as in terms of his wealth?
(a) Nouveu-riche.
(b) Rags to riches.
(c) Self-made man.
(d) Ostentatious.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was The Narrator aware of and disturbed by as a young adolescent?

3. Who sends Dwayne into a rage with a comment about adoption?

4. What does The Narrator claim the book to be in terms of himself?

5. Who also checks into the hotel along with Cyprian?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Chapter 10, why does Kilgore have to sit on the floor of the truck he rides in?

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

4. What happens to Kilgore after he notices that a car is following him as he walks down 42nd Street?

5. Who are the two principle characters of the novel and how are they presented in Chapter 1?

6. What is the irony of Kilgore browsing in the pornography shop in New York?

7. What are the events given in the quick presentation of the novel?

8. Why is Harry LeSabre upset by Dwayne's comment about his outfit looking like that of a mortician?

9. How did Celia, Dwayne's wife, kill herself?

10. What is the plot of the science fiction novel Kilgore comes up with while watching films at the pornography theatre?

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