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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 is the name of the man Sorkin sends to kill Gene Fackelmann?
(a) Roberto A.
(b) Charles D.
(c) Alex P.
(d) Bobby C.

2. Who appears to be bright, polite, and caring, but has strange and perverse urges?
(a) Joelle.
(b) Hal.
(c) Mario.
(d) Avril.

3. What kind of person kidnaps an engineer from a radio station?
(a) Hal.
(b) A drug addict.
(c) A tennis instructor.
(d) A man in a wheelchair.

4. Who appears to be the sweetest and most innocent of the Incandenza family?
(a) Onis.
(b) James.
(c) Mario.
(d) Hal.

5. Which step in AA is Don having trouble getting to?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 1.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hal begin to have terrible recurring dreams about?

2. What kind of job does Don do for Ennet House?

3. What is Matty Pemulis' occupation in Cambridge?

4. Who believes, and is angry, that they are being given powdered milk with meals?

5. What prompted Hal and some of his classmates to be called into the office?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Remy's view of American culture?

2. What are the contents of the Entertainment?

3. What parallels does Wallace draw between the Entertainment and drugs?

4. Why does Joelle wear the veil?

5. In what way has Hal lost Mario?

6. Why does Mario ask Avril how to tell if somebody is sad?

7. Why did Avril have an affair during her marriage to James?

8. Describe the memories James had about his father.

9. What do Hal's dreams about losing his teeth represent?

10. How is Mario affected by his films not being as popular as his father's?

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