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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After being chased by an angry husband, what does the Author show the front desk clerk to prove who he is?
(a) Time.
(b) Entertainment Weekly.
(c) People.
(d) Rolling Stone.

2. When did Oprah's couch stop running?
(a) April 19, 2011.
(b) May 25, 2011.
(c) March 4, 2011.
(d) June 30, 2011.

3. During the media training, what does Sharon show Jack and the Author on her phone?
(a) A funeral for a Black boy.
(b) A protest for a Black boy.
(c) A grieving Black man and woman.
(d) The body of a young Black boy.

4. Since meeting the Kid at breakfast, how many cities has the Author been to in Florida?
(a) 1.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

5. How tall is the lettering on the word that the Author notices in the office in midtown Manhattan?
(a) 10 inches tall.
(b) 15 inches tall.
(c) 2 feet tall.
(d) 1 foot tall.

6. What percent of a decrease in sales does Sharon say occurs when an author is homophobic?
(a) 46.
(b) 22.
(c) 31.
(d) 18.

7. When the Author listens to Jack the media trainer and decides he is not a real person, what character in the Author's book is he reminded of?
(a) David.
(b) Michael.
(c) John.
(d) Martin.

8. What is the name of the boy at Soot's school who says that people cannot turn invisible?
(a) Bill.
(b) Dan.
(c) Peter.
(d) Darryl.

9. When the Author vomits out of Renny's car, what vehicle does he hit with his vomit?
(a) Dodge pickup.
(b) Chevy pickup.
(c) Ford Fusion.
(d) Toyota Corolla.

10. As the Author is running from a big man who caught the narrator with his wife, how old is the woman who steps out of the elevator?
(a) 80.
(b) 75.
(c) 85.
(d) 70.

11. What movie does the Author think of when he is riding up in the elevator to his room to prove to the desk clerk who he is?
(a) The Man Who Came to Dinner.
(b) Arsenic and Old Lace.
(c) Double Indemnity.
(d) The Maltese Falcon.

12. When the Author meets the Kid, what does the Kid have for breakfast?
(a) Pancakes and sausage.
(b) Waffles and strawberries.
(c) Eggs and pancakes.
(d) Cereal and yogurt.

13. Where is William killed?
(a) In front of his house.
(b) On the high school track.
(c) Jogging down the street.
(d) In front of a convenience store.

14. Where did Renny go to college?
(a) Stanford.
(b) Yale.
(c) William and Mary.
(d) Harvard.

15. On page 54, who tells William he acts like a racial slur?
(a) Jacob.
(b) Soot.
(c) Daddy Henry.
(d) No one.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the Author was at a booksellers' conference somwhere in the upper Northwest, what was the name of the nice woman he met there?

2. What time does the media trainer finally show up for the Author's training?

3. What is the name of a woman that the Author remembers from a Barnes & Noble in New Mexico?

4. When the Author goes to the bathroom during the media training, who is already there?

5. When the Author is preparing for media training, how long will it be before is book is published?

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