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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following does Fife eat for breakfast before heading to Vermont?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Biscuits.
(c) Toast and jam.
(d) Eggs Benedict.

2. Which of the following accents does Fife note his father has?
(a) Quebecois.
(b) Tidewater.
(c) Mid-Atlantic.
(d) Nova Scotia.

3. At which of the following publishing houses had Fife thought to publish his first novel?
(a) Penguin.
(b) Knopf.
(c) Random House.
(d) Ballantine.

4. To which of the following does Fife attribute the idea that “there’s no there there” (72)?
(a) Stein.
(b) Butler.
(c) hooks.
(d) Friedan.

5. How old does Sloan note being?
(a) 23.
(b) 21.
(c) 20.
(d) 22.

6. In which of the following countries does Fife falsely claim to Amy he lived?
(a) Finland.
(b) Sweden.
(c) Denmark.
(d) Norway.

7. Which of the following perfumes does Alicia wear?
(a) Elizabeth Taylor Diamond.
(b) Bath & Body Works Warm Sugar Cookie.
(c) J’amore by Dior.
(d) Chanel No. 5.

8. Which of the following does Malcolm note is Fife’s first film?
(a) In the Mister.
(b) In the Mist.
(c) In the Stone.
(d) From the Mist.

9. Which of the following does Fife purchase while at Washington National Airport?
(a) Wall Street Journal.
(b) Washington Post.
(c) New York Post.
(d) New York Times.

10. Which of the following does Fife note as an earlier name of Plymouth Bay?
(a) Pring Inlet.
(b) Cape St. Louis Harbor.
(c) Holyoke Harbor.
(d) Champlain Bay.

11. In which of the following publications does Fife publish reviews and essays?
(a) Montreal Moon.
(b) Montreal Star.
(c) Montreal Star.
(d) Montreal Independent.

12. Which of the following occupations does Fife hold in Canada?
(a) Miner.
(b) Farm laborer.
(c) Ranch hand.
(d) Deck hand.

13. Fife’s comment that “he’s one of those exploratory robotic spacecraft that somehow slip past the gravitational fields of all nine planets in the solar system and never orbit or crash into anything, and eventually they sail out of the solar system, blown by the solar wind beyond the heliosphere into deep space” (71) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Tautology.
(b) Simile.
(c) Conceit.
(d) Analogy.

14. Which of the following films is Fife reputed to have inspired?
(a) Creation Now.
(b) Apocalypse Now.
(c) Apocalypse Then.
(d) Watchmen.

15. In which of the following does Fife meet Ralph Denis?
(a) Ottawa.
(b) Vancouver.
(c) Toronto.
(d) Montreal.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following schools is Alicia reported to have attended?

2. In which of the following brands do the Chapmans prefer to dress?

3. What is Fife’s son’s middle name?

4. In which of the following states does Fife note getting married?

5. Which of the following is noted as Amy’s hair color?

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