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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. Which of the following is not a primal urge according to Janine?
(a) Kill your pain-in-the-ass mother
(b) Create art
(c) Fuck
(d) Eat

2. The idea that Miles should be kicked out of driver's education until he learns to drive is _________________.
(a) an irony
(b) a simile
(c) a metaphor
(d) flashback

3. What do Mrs. Whiting's daughter and Miles share?
(a) A love for peanuts
(b) Lunches
(c) The same birth date
(d) The same father

4. Who is Bea Majeski?
(a) Janine's hair stylist
(b) Miles' mother-in-law
(c) Candice's sister
(d) Tick's art teacher

5. Where do people gather to gossip in town?
(a) Empire Grill
(b) Empire Emporium
(c) Empire Barber Shop
(d) The VFW Hall

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the event that takes place in Part 3, Chapter 15?

2. What does Janine end up writing on the napkin?

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

4. What does Miles discover from the newspaper photo?

5. Why is Max not allowed in the rectory?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Miles try to help John Voss.

2. Name the three events of Part 3, Chapter 15 which foreshadow coming events for the plot.

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

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

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

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

7. Explain how the driving lesson with Mrs. Whiting helps Miles overcome his fear.

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

9. What does Father Mark represent in the story?

10. Why does Janine call Miles The Human Rut?

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