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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 insect does Orin especially hate?
(a) Flies.
(b) Cockroaches.
(c) Bees.
(d) Ants.

2. What is the name of the star of James Incandenza's movies?
(a) Kelly.
(b) Joelle.
(c) Avril.
(d) Millicent.

3. What did Joelle attempt to get James to stop doing?
(a) Drinking alcohol.
(b) Making films.
(c) Smoking marijuana.
(d) Snorting cocaine.

4. What type of group wants to see the tape to use it against the ONAN?
(a) European group.
(b) Separatist group.
(c) Conservative group.
(d) Liberal group.

5. Which character is a serial womanizer?
(a) Mario.
(b) Orin.
(c) Hal.
(d) The medical attache.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ken watch as he waits for the woman to arrive with his delivery?

2. What does Kate claim to be addicted to?

3. What grade is Hal in when he writes the essay, in Chapter 23?

4. What does Kent compliment about Mario?

5. Which character in the Incandenza family appears the most stable in personality?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do many of the Enfield students use drugs?

2. How does Wallace create back stories for the characters?

3. Why does Joelle try to overdose at Molly's party?

4. Which of the Incandenza brothers is the most stable?

5. Who is Ken Erdedy?

6. Who is Don Gately?

7. Why does the separatist group want the Entertainment?

8. What kind of relationship do Hal, Orin and Mario have with Avril?

9. What does Lyle's enjoyment of licking sweat symbolize?

10. What happens in Chapter 3, when Hal is 10-years-old?

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