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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 is Wayne instructed to do once he comes inside the hotel and eats a steak?
2. What is the bad novel the driver tells Kilgore about?
3. Where do Francine and Dwayne meet after he calls her?
4. Who does Dwayne beat when he reaches the car dealership?
5. What does Dwayne do when he gets back to the car dealership?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Now It Can Be Told, what is the main difference between the creator of the universe and the reader?
2. What does Dwayne do when he fails to punch Wayne outside of the hotel?
3. Why does The Narrator place himself in the hotel lounge scene?
4. What causes Kilgore to get out of the car and start walking toward Midland City and his fateful meeting with Dwayne?
5. How are Wayne and the reader similar to one another in Chapter 19?
6. What is it that The Narrator claims has been stalking him throughout the book?
7. What is the conflict that Dwayne might have with his twin brothers, Lyle and Kyle?
8. What is the book, Now It Can Be Told, that Kilgore reads in the car about?
9. Why does the sight of The Narrator in the hotel Lobby make Kilgore nervous?
10. What is the parallel between Dwayne's irrelevant phrases and the narrative?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In Chapter 22, The Narrator decides to speed up the pace of the narrative. What does he do in order to accomplish this? Does it in any way contradict his previous claim of all characters and details being of equal importance? Support your answer with specific examples from the text.
Essay Topic 2
Throughout the novel, Kilgore comes up with ideas for stories and the reader learns what Now It Can Be Told is about. How do Kilgore's literary ideas and works reflect on his character? Does the reader gain valuable insight on who Kilgore is through his stories? Support your thesis with specific examples from the text.
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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