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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. What type of story does the first-person narrator say that his story is?
(a) Adventure.
(b) Science fiction.
(c) Love.
(d) Mystery.

2. Who does the Author say were the worst customers when he worked for the cell phone company?
(a) CEOs.
(b) Waitresses.
(c) Pilots.
(d) Engineers.

3. How old was the Author when he decided that he wanted to be a writer?
(a) 16.
(b) 17.
(c) 15.
(d) 14.

4. What nervous habit does William have when he speaks that goes back to his childhood?
(a) His hands shake.
(b) He stutters.
(c) Rubs his thumb and forefinger together.
(d) His leg shakes.

5. How much is the price of the Author's room when he is at a hotel where he was chased by an angry husband and slept with a desk clerk?
(a) $300.
(b) $200.
(c) $350.
(d) $250.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the dead boy wearing in a photograph that the media keeps showing?

2. When the Author speaks to the Kid in a bathroom on page 100, when does he say was the worst murder rate?

3. On page 67, what does the Author think a receptionst is creating with Post-it notes?

4. How long has Renny been driving?

5. How long have the boy's parents in the first chapter of the book been trying to teach him to become invisible?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does William die?

2. Since the Author's book tour in the Midwest, where has he been?

3. What does the Author say about the book he has written?

4. How does the Author describe the skin of the kid who joins him for breakfast in the second chapter of the book?

5. What does Jack tell the Author to not write about and why?

6. Who does the Author see waiting for him when he comes down the escalator at the airport on page 58?

7. What does Jack, the media trainer, say to the Author when they meet?

8. How does the Author prove who he is when he needs to get his room key in the second chapter of the book?

9. What does William want to say to his son about the world they live in?

10. What happens as the boy tries to be invisible at the beginning of the book?

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