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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 about the Seattle Times makes Jack sick after returning from the woods?
(a) The sight of so much waste.
(b) The smell of ink.
(c) The stories of bloodshed.
(d) The sounds of the rustling pages.

2. Where does Jack take Simon the day after they go to the racetrack?
(a) The Buddhist Academy.
(b) Chinatown.
(c) Skid Row.
(d) The Cellar.

3. What does Jack think he looks like while living in Mexico?
(a) An advocate of the Devil.
(b) An old man.
(c) A criminal.
(d) An escaped mental patient.

4. What is the name of the girl who approaches Jack in the Cellar?
(a) Gia.
(b) Gretta.
(c) Georgia.
(d) Gina.

5. What is Jack's Solitaire game based on?
(a) Jazz.
(b) Baseball.
(c) Literature.
(d) Poker.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the woman Jack might have married at one point?

2. Which of the following is NOT a mountain that Jack enjoys looking at and pondering?

3. How does Gaines earn his money?

4. Which of the poets does one of the Ruths fall for when they reach New York?

5. What movement is Rose involved in?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Simon save his brother from?

2. What happens while Cody is introducing Jack to his new girl?

3. What does Jack say he could do if he were made Sultan?

4. How does the waitress at the luncheonette treat Jack?

5. What is the purest truth that Jack has learned from Buddha?

6. Why does Jack need a ride to Mill Valley?

7. What does Jack do every night at 8:00 while he is working in Washington?

8. What is Gaines's philosophy about artists and junkies?

9. What is Jack's schedule like at college?

10. What does Jack observe in the streets while heading to his favorite jazz club?

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