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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. Where did Miles and Tick go on vacation?
(a) Acapulco
(b) Las Vegas
(c) Orlando
(d) Martha's Vineyard

2. What does Jimmy think about as he sits in front of the Empire Grill?
(a) Going out with Charlene
(b) Beating Miles to a pulp
(c) Drinking a beer
(d) Getting a new job

3. Jimmy's father teaches him that all things are determined by an elite group who _________________________________.
(a) "have better educations"
(b) "have a head start on life"
(c) "don't give a damn about other people"
(d) "have the whole thing figured out"

4. Who does Miles hire to bus tables?
(a) Zack Minty
(b) Tick
(c) John Voss
(d) Candace

5. What does John Voss' lunch smell like?
(a) Fish
(b) Industrial waste
(c) Bad breath
(d) Limburger cheese

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Janine fixated on this number?

2. Who is the bossy waitress at the Enterprise Grill?

3. Where does Zack ask Tick to go?

4. What activity has transformed Janine's life?

5. Who offers to give Miles driving lessons?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Miles' good heart exhibited in the scene with a hungover Buster?

2. Describe how Zack Minty exhibits unsportsmanlike behavior and then manipulates the crowd at the football game.

3. What is the Exacto knife and why does it signify foreshadowing for the plot?

4. Explain how Miles is too good for his own good.

5. How is Tick different from most of the residents of Empire Falls?

6. Explain the significance of the river as a metaphor for life in Empire Falls.

7. Explain why Janine is obsessed with the number sixty as she sits at the football game.

8. Explain the irony in Miles' not having driven a car before taking driver's education.

9. Explain the economic dynamics of the town as the story begins.

10. What is the setting for the story?

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