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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 does Kilgore's novel tell the story of?
(a) Society of people aging backwards.
(b) Society of space monkeys.
(c) Society of talking animals.
(d) Society of living automobiles.

2. What does The Narrator foreshadow about Dwayne and Kilgore?
(a) Dwayne will read Kilgore's book.
(b) Dwayne and Kilgore will become friends.
(c) Dwayne will kill Kilgore.
(d) Dwayne and Kilgore will become enemies.

3. Who is Dwayne's secretary?
(a) Phoebe Hurty.
(b) Francine Pefko.
(c) The Narrator.
(d) The Author.

4. After going to the New York police station, what do the police assume Kilgore to be?
(a) Mentally unstable.
(b) A vagrant.
(c) A tourist.
(d) A con artist.

5. What does Dwayne believe about himself after reading Kilgore's novel?
(a) He is God's chosen one.
(b) He is immortal and impervious to death.
(c) He is an omniscent and all powerful being.
(d) He is the only individual with free will.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Dwayne eat breakfast at the beginning of Chapter 11?

2. How many times does Kilgore tell the driver he has been married?

3. What does Kilgore decide after reading what he saw written in the bathroom?

4. Who is undergoing a mental collapse at the beginning of the book?

5. What did Dwayne's biological parents do to him when he was a child?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Kilgore's reason for accepting the invitation to speak at the arts festival?

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

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

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

6. Why is Kilgore reluctant at first to accept the invitation to speak at the arts festival?

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

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

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

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

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