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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. Why does the character Paul Frost, leave Kansas?
(a) To see other parts of the country.
(b) To avoid being drafted.
(c) To work in a mental hospital.
(d) To move in with his girlfriend.

2. Why is Paul attracted to Ginny?
(a) Her outward display of strength.
(b) Her well-developed sense of humor.
(c) Her amazing beauty.
(d) Her mind and exotic nature.

3. For what is Charles on trial?
(a) Murder.
(b) Theft.
(c) DUI.
(d) Assault.

4. What nationality does Leon think the man who summoned them is?
(a) Italian.
(b) Chinese.
(c) Bulgarian.
(d) French.

5. How does Rogers characterize Charles's talent?
(a) It is his greatest shortcomings.
(b) It does not match his ambitions.
(c) It is amazing and underdeveloped.
(d) It is lacking.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Harold say that his prices have to be higher in some stores than others?

2. How long did Charles work for Johnson?

3. What do the Redeemer's friends say about the Bible?

4. Why does the narrator head for the East?

5. What do the Asians insist the Bulgarian do when he is cornered?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the character Clair as seen through Louis's eyes.

2. What is Harold Green caught doing that angers people in the community?

3. Why does the editor feel obliged to impose order on the piece of writing in front of him?

4. Describe the Redeemer's friends as he sees them.

5. Who is Nelson Reed and what does he become?

6. What does Leon say that causes her to call her husband a bigot?

7. What does the narrator say great literature has given way to?

8. What does the narrator say to those who come to him telling him that anything not in the Bible is false?

9. Where does this story take place?

10. What does Paul do after months of silence at the mental hospital?

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