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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 does Kilgore do when he leaves the hospital?

2. What does Dwayne do when he gets back to the car dealership?

3. What error does The Narrator note about Kilgore that he should change, but will not because it would be too complicated?

4. In chapter 21, who surrounds Rabo at the piano in the hotel lounge?

5. Who does Dwayne find in the parking lot when he leaves the hotel after his rampage?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the book the driver describes having read that Kilgore realizes is one of his own novels about?

2. What is it that The Narrator claims has been stalking him throughout the book?

3. What do Kilgore and the driver drive by in West Virginia and who was it founded by?

4. Why does Patty Keene flirt with Dwayne while she serves him hamburgers?

5. When Kilgore and Dwayne finally meet as foretold in Chapter 1, what is the cause of their meeting?

6. In Chapter 20, what does the desk clerk at the hotel say to Kilgore about his work?

7. What is the parallel between Dwayne's irrelevant phrases and the narrative?

8. How are Wayne and the reader similar to one another in Chapter 19?

9. What does Dwayne do when he fails to punch Wayne outside of the hotel?

10. What does The Narrator say about himself, Kilgore and Dwayne once they are all in the hotel lounge?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

During their drive, the truck driver tells Kilgore about a book he read (which turns out to be by Kilgore) involving a roulette wheel that determines the value of art. How does the plot of this book play into the plot of Breakfast of Champions? Is there a connection? Support your answer with specific examples from the text.

Essay Topic 2

What is the significance of Kilgore's comment at the police station being picked up by a newspaper and, thus, causing widespread panic among New Yorkers? What are the circumstances surrounding Kilgore's being at the police station and what are circumstances following afterward, which Kilgore is never even made aware of? Cite specific examples from the text to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Describe Breakfast of Champions in literary terms. How does is transcend conventional drama in genre, plot construction, character development, and even narration? Cite specific examples from the text to support your answer.

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