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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. Why was the Bag Man released from jail?
(a) He completed his sentence.
(b) Because of budget cuts.
(c) Because of good behavior.
(d) He was exonerated of all charges.

2. Who is Oly plotting to murder?
(a) Her boss.
(b) Miranda.
(c) Miss Lick.
(d) Crystal Lil.

3. Who shoots the Bag Man?
(a) Lil.
(b) Arty.
(c) Oly.
(d) The twins.

4. Whose lengthy quotes are used to supplement information for the scrapbook collection of chapter 19?
(a) The Bag Man's.
(b) Chick's.
(c) Arty's.
(d) Oly's.

5. How did Norval Sanderson actually lose this body part?
(a) He lost it in a landmine.
(b) It fell off, diseased.
(c) He cut it off.
(d) An animal bit it off.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who catches the twins and brings them back to the circus?

2. Who does Norval Sanderson leave the circus to visit?

3. How do the twins react to Arty's suggestion of a surgery?

4. What does Chick hear inside the twins' stomach?

5. Throughout his life, what does Arty call his mother?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the Bag Man's physicality and method of communication?

2. How was the Bag Man affected, mentally and physically, by his wife divorcing him?

3. Chapter 19 is more like a scrapbook than typical prose. Name two devices employed, and briefly explain the significance of this unique chapter.

4. When they last speak, what does Oly ask Miranda to do?

5. What body part does Norval Sanderson gift to Arty, and what are the stories surrounding this body part?

6. Describe Mumpo.

7. Explain Jonathan Tomaini's new role in the twins' adult life.

8. Explain the business endeavor the twins take on when they turn eighteen.

9. What happens during Dr. Phyllis' surgery on the twins?

10. What does Oly see when she hears Chick, Lil, and the twins screaming in the van?

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