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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. The comment that “he was unable to speak from that gap and had to cry out, like a mountain climber fallen into a glacial crevasse” (108) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Analogy.
(b) Conceit.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Simile.

2. The comment that “A small squirt of it enters his mouth from below. It tastes like battery acid” (87) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Simile.
(c) Analogy.
(d) Conceit.

3. From which of the following sources does the epigraph at the beginning of the book come?
(a) The Catcher in the Rye.
(b) The Present Becomes Past.
(c) The Past Becomes Present.
(d) Foregone.

4. How many questions does Malcolm prepare for Fife’s interview?
(a) 30.
(b) 25.
(c) 15.
(d) 20.

5. To which filmmaker’s work does Emma compare Fife’s?
(a) Coppola.
(b) Burns.
(c) Vertov.
(d) Kubrick.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Which of the following is noted as a servant in the Chapman home?

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

4. Which of the following jobs does Fife hold in Boston?

5. Which of the following accents does Fife note his father has?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Vincent described as he is introduced?

2. What reasons does Emma give to try to persuade Fife that giving the interview is unwise?

3. From what source do the Chapmans have money?

4. What reasons does Fife note for feeling sorry for Diana?

5. What technique does Fife use to overcome panic aboard the plane?

6. After what does Fife pattern his appearance while living with the Chapmans?

7. How does Fife describe Malcolm’s cinematic standing?

8. Who, per Fife, is Howard Levy, and why is he imprisoned?

9. Where does Fife sit on his flight to Boston, and why?

10. What distinction does the novel make between immigrants and refugees?

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