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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 company does Richards "work" for?
(a) A systems engineering company.
(b) A water company.
(c) A dance company.
(d) His own company.

2. Why does Mrs. Richards ask Kidd to stay with her until Mr. Richards comes home?
(a) She thinks Mr. Richards will beat her up.
(b) She thinks she might attack her husband.
(c) She is attracted to Kidd and likes having him around.
(d) She does not want to face her husband alone.

3. What does Mrs. Richards refuse to do?
(a) Lay down and rest.
(b) Go after her son.
(c) Suspect June of killing her brother.
(d) Call her husband.

4. In the public bathroom, who does Kidd find?
(a) Pepper, a sick scorpion.
(b) Bunny, a small animal.
(c) Lanya angry with him.
(d) Eddy hiding from his parents.

5. What is the name of the Bellona newspaper?
(a) The Bellona Weekly.
(b) The Weekly Dish.
(c) Bellona Weekly News.
(d) The Bellona Times.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does June Richards turn out to be?

2. Has Kidd actually ever seriously thought about publishing his poems?

3. Who offers Kid a job cleaning apartments at the Labry Apartments?

4. What is the first line of the novel Dhalgren by Samuel R. Delany?

5. What does the woman Kidd met turn into before his eyes?

Short Essay Questions

1. What event does Kidd hope changes Mrs Richards and forces her to see reality?

2. In this section, Kidd starts to lose time again, how does this affect him?

3. Who does Kidd meet in the first chapter of the book?

4. What is odd about June Richards?

5. When Kidd tries to discuss the riots with people at the bar, he realizes what?

6. Why do the scorpions begin to trust Kidd?

7. Why is Frank's introduction important in this part of the novel?

8. What does Kidd remember and not remember about himself?

9. What does Lanya believe in?

10. By whom is Kidd beaten up and why does this happen?

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