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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dominick say that he doesn't want to be when Patel suggests that they run some tests on the twins' brains?
(a) Lab rat.
(b) Helpful.
(c) A patient.
(d) Research excuse.

2. Life is just a cosmic _________, according to Dominick, a chair yanked away from a table when you're ready to sit down.
(a) Mistake.
(b) Joke.
(c) Whoopee cushion.
(d) Pillow fight.

3. Whose picture is the biggest in Ma and Ray's room, as Dominick notices when he's sitting there?
(a) Thomas.
(b) Papa.
(c) Ray.
(d) Ma.

4. Dominick recalls how Ma was waiting for ___________ to rescue them when the crazy man approached them on the bus.
(a) Jesus.
(b) Dominick.
(c) Thomas.
(d) Ray.

5. Thomas says that Ray is jealous of _______ special plans for him, according to the therapy tape.
(a) Patel's.
(b) Dominick's.
(c) Ma's.
(d) God's.

6. In a biblical passage, _________ tells the disciples to cut off the body parts which offend in order to avoiding burning in hell.
(a) Peter.
(b) Jesus.
(c) John.
(d) The devil.

7. What religion does Ray convert to in order to seemingly try to get into heaven even while he abuses his stepsons?
(a) Judaism.
(b) Episcopalian.
(c) Catholicism.
(d) Protestantism.

8. Joy's psychologist says that her __________ behavior is related to her being sexually abused as a young woman.
(a) Financially reckless.
(b) Sexually frigid.
(c) Penny pinching.
(d) Risky.

9. What did the United States citizens fear most about the Soviet Union during the 1950s?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Invasion.
(c) Better economy.
(d) Nuclear attack.

10. When Dominick is taken to the police station, he is afraid his ___________ career is over and that he will die in Vietnam.
(a) Teaching.
(b) Medical.
(c) Music.
(d) Art.

11. Who was the twin who cried so hard about the flying monkeys in "The Wizard of Oz" according to the story?
(a) Ralph.
(b) Dominick.
(c) Penny.
(d) Thomas.

12. Dominick remembers how a professor once talked about how religion being the ___________ of the people.
(a) Gospel.
(b) Opiate.
(c) Truth.
(d) Blinders.

13. Leo insists that being a ____________ major makes him an expert on homosexuality, though he has never been tempted.
(a) Science.
(b) Theater.
(c) Literature.
(d) Math.

14. What does Dominick get access to when he sits down to talk with another therapist about his brother?
(a) Video games.
(b) Coffee.
(c) Free food.
(d) Therapy tapes.

15. Who is the twin that accidentally locks himself in the bathroom, almost ruining the trip?
(a) Dominick.
(b) Ralph.
(c) Penny.
(d) Thomas.

Short Answer Questions

1. Thomas has episodes of ________________ in which he obsesses about something and is unable to let it go.

2. Who does Dominick find out wants to talk to him, per a message left by his girlfriend, Joy?

3. When Thomas is taken for mental health care, he is told that he will be there for __________ days for observation.

4. Who knees Dominick in the groin after Dominick continues to yell in defense of his brother?

5. Clarabel was a __________ on the Howdy Doody Show, as referenced in the section describing the time when the boys grew up.

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