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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. According to Miles, who runs the world?
(a) The wealthy
(b) Teenagers
(c) The Mafia
(d) Power-mad old women

2. What does Janine end up writing on the napkin?
(a) I hate Miles
(b) I heart Walt
(c) The Human Stain
(d) Janine Roby

3. What did Cindy once do because of her love for Miles?
(a) Carved their names in a tree
(b) Married his brother
(c) Attempted suicide
(d) Hired a skywriter

4. What is the nickname for Walt Comeau?
(a) An Accident Waiting to Happen
(b) The Silver Fox
(c) The Silver-Tongued Devil
(d) A Walking Hemorrhoid

5. Who is Zack Minty?
(a) Tick's stepbrother
(b) Tick's old boyfriend
(c) The new kid in town
(d) The newspaper editor

Short Answer Questions

1. From whom did Jimmy's father derive many of his opinions?

2. What does Jimmy think about as he sits in front of the Empire Grill?

3. Who is the older priest at St. Catherine's Catholic Church?

4. What is Janine doing as she sits in Callahan's?

5. What recent injury does Miles have?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does David want Miles to expand his business opportunities?

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

4. Why does David keep pressuring Miles about a liquor license?

5. How is Miles trying to improve the economy of Empire Falls?

6. Explain why the poison ivy is a metaphor in Part 1, Chapter 8.

7. What revelation does Miles get when he examines an old photo in the newspaper?

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

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

10. How does Miles try to help John Voss.

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