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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. What happens after the newspapers pick up a comment Kilgore makes to the police?
(a) Kilgore is asked not to give a speech anymore.
(b) NYC citizens think there is a new crime wave.
(c) People start boycotting the arts festival.
(d) People berate Midland City.

2. Later in the day after Kilgore gets a ride, what does Kilgore call the person he watches eating in the diner?
(a) A glutton.
(b) Pleasant.
(c) Enlightened.
(d) An idiot.

3. What does Dwayne Hoover do for a living?
(a) Manufacturer.
(b) Store clerk.
(c) Car salesman.
(d) Contractor.

4. How many times does Kilgore tell the driver he has been married?
(a) Two times.
(b) Once.
(c) Three times.
(d) Four times.

5. What is one of the things Kilgore and the driver talk about as they travel through the city?
(a) Plumbing.
(b) Gardening.
(c) Car engines.
(d) Aluminum siding.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the plague that infests the planet in the science fiction story Kilgore comes up with?

2. What does Dwayne believe about everyone else after reading Kilgore's novel?

3. Who stops Kilgore as he is walking from the pornographic theater?

4. How did Dwayne's wife die?

5. What does Kilgore bring with him to Midland City?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Why does Kilgore think Americans are greedy?

8. What do the illustrations in Chapter 1 do for the tone of the chapter?

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

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

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