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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 activity has transformed Janine's life?
(a) Aerobics
(b) Tarot cards
(c) Feng shui
(d) Yoga

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

3. What is Janine doing as she sits in Callahan's?
(a) Folds napkins
(b) Drinks wine coolers
(c) Eats beer nuts
(d) Practices her new signature

4. Who accompanies Zack to get pizza after the game?
(a) Tick and John Voss
(b) Tick and Max
(c) Tick and Miles
(d) Father Tom and John Voss

5. From whom did Jimmy's father derive many of his opinions?
(a) Anderson Cooper
(b) Dan Rather
(c) Tom Brokaw
(d) Walter Cronkite

Short Answer Questions

1. In what state does the story take place?

2. Where does Max want to move?

3. What do Mrs. Whiting's daughter and Miles share?

4. What did Miles do when he caught Janine in bed with Walt?

5. What does John Voss' lunch smell like?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Who is John Voss?

5. Describe Max and what he represents in the town of Empire Falls.

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

7. Cite three examples of foreshadowing in Part 2, Chapter 12.

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

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

10. What inappropriate behavior does Jimmy reveal that makes Miles like him even less?

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