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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. How many protestors line the highway when the Author comes to Bolton, North Carolina?
(a) Hundreds.
(b) 12,000.
(c) Thousands.
(d) 10,000.

2. What color Dickies did the Author's father always wear?
(a) Dark blue or tan.
(b) Gray or black.
(c) Maroon.
(d) Green.

3. What song plays when Kelly turns on the radio as she drives the Author to the airport?
(a) Smiley Face.
(b) Run.
(c) Gone Daddy Gone.
(d) Crazy.

4. How did the Author's father die?
(a) Drowned.
(b) Shot by the police.
(c) Car accident.
(d) Cancer.

5. How tall was the Author's father?
(a) 5 feet 11 inches.
(b) 5 feet 8 inches.
(c) 6 feet 6 inches.
(d) 6 feet 2 inches.

Short Answer Questions

1. What double duty does the Bolton Town Hall serve?

2. How much of an advance did the Author get for Hell of a Book?

3. What does Mr. Family Man think he was in another life?

4. Where does the Author meet a flight attendant from Tulsa?

5. What does Soot's mother use to discipline him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does a minister tell the people of Bolton who gathered to hear the Author?

2. How does watching Kelly work affect the Author, and why does he leave suddenly?

3. What is the Kid's favorite animal and why?

4. Why does Sharon call the Author when he is having dinner with a woman named Kelly in San Francisco?

5. Why does Soot become a believer in stories?

6. What do the Author and the Kid do when they go to Pennsylvania?

7. What do the Author and Kelly talk about a long-distance relationship?

8. What is it like for Soot to be Unseen?

9. What type of house does Renny have, and why does he drive?

10. How does Soot's mother punish him and why?

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