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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. How did Dwayne's wife die?
(a) By hanging herself.
(b) By slitting her wrists.
(c) By drowning.
(d) By ingesting a powerful solvent.

2. Why does Kilgore believe the fan letter was written by a child?
(a) There are stickers on the letter.
(b) The spelling and grammar is poor.
(c) He knows who the child is.
(d) He cannot read the handwriting.

3. Why does Dwayne think about a particular family member in Chapter 6?
(a) The person is dead.
(b) He is angry with that person.
(c) The person left him.
(d) He misses the person.

4. What book of Kilgore's does his fan praise in the letter?
(a) Galaxy Cruise.
(b) Plague on Wheels.
(c) Alternate Realities.
(d) Slaughterhouse Five

5. What does Kilgore decide after reading what he saw written in the bathroom?
(a) To kill himself.
(b) To live his life as he has been doing.
(c) To join a new religion.
(d) To act as the eyes, ears and conscious of the creator.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of one of Kilkgore's science fiction novels?

2. Why is Cyprian staying in a hotel?

3. Where does Kilgore live?

4. What does Kilgore browse through at a book store?

5. Why is Dwayne's wife dead?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Kilgore's novel, Plague On Wheels, about?

2. What does Dwayne do in Chapter 4 that alludes to his increasing mental instability?

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

4. How are the relationships between the pets and Kilgore and Dwayne different?

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

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

7. Who is Wayne Hoobler and what does he want at Dwayne's car dealership?

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

9. How does The Narrator's childhood fear of diseases play into the novel?

10. Why does Dwayne think he is hallucinating Wayne when he first meets him?

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