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

2. With whom do Cindy and Miles have a conversation at the game?
(a) Father Tom
(b) Jimmy Minty
(c) Max
(d) Principal Meyer

3. What does Janine spot on Walt's neck?
(a) A cut
(b) A wart
(c) A mole
(d) A wattle

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom does John Voss say he lives?

2. On what number is Janine fixated as she sits at the ballgame?

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

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

5. What did Cindy once do because of her love for Miles?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Miles try to help John Voss.

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

3. Explain how Jimmy Minty is a true product of his environment.

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

5. Why does Janine call Miles The Human Rut?

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

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

8. How do you know that Janine is having second thoughts about marrying Walt?

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

10. What is the role of Timmy, the cat, in the story?

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