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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What book of Kilgore's does his fan praise in the letter?

2. Where do Kilgore and the person he hitchhiked a ride with drive through first after Kilgore gets in?

3. What is one of the things Kilgore and the driver talk about as they travel through the city?

4. What is going on at the car dealership the day Wayne accosts Dwayne?

5. Who sits near Dwayne during breakfast?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What is Kilgore's counter argument to the driver's stance on the need for conservation of natural resources?

6. What is the reason for The Narrator saying his name is Philboyd Studge?

7. Who asks Kilgore to be a keynote speaker and why?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There are amateurish illustrations at the beginning of the novel. Kilgore has written numerous works of fiction, but they are published as filler material in pornographic magazines. What is parallel between the accompanying illustrations to Breakfast of Champions' text and the images Kilgore's stories accompany in the pornographic magazines. Is there a parallel, or is it as insignificant as much of the details involved in the novel? Provide specific examples from the text to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Does Breakfast of Champions have a conclusion? Is it an unfulfilled conclusion? Is there no conclusion at all? Support you answer with specific examples from the text.

Essay Topic 3

George (Bunny) Hoover and Leo Trout are the sons of the novel's two main protagonists, but minor characters themselves. Using what information is provided on these two sons, write an explanation of how these characters further develop the characters of Dwayne and Kilgore. Do the sons foil one another? Are they alike? How do their characters influence Kilgore and Dwayne? Use specific examples from the text to support your answer.

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