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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. Who asks Remy if he has ever thought about watching the tape?
(a) Mario.
(b) Hal.
(c) Helen.
(d) Hugh.

2. In the Entertainment, what does the tape start with a person doing?
(a) Laying on a bed.
(b) Putting on makeup.
(c) Driving a car.
(d) Entering a building.

3. What emotion does Mario ask his mother about how to detect?
(a) Embarrassment.
(b) Anger.
(c) Sadness.
(d) Happiness.

4. What show does Hugh say his father was obsessed with?
(a) Seinfeld.
(b) M*A*S*H.
(c) Cheers.
(d) Friends.

5. Who is interested in Joelle in Boston?
(a) Mario.
(b) Tony.
(c) Hal.
(d) Don.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Don feel in his sobriety?

2. What do Remy and Hugh discuss the use of the Entertainment in?

3. What is the name of the game the Enfield students invented?

4. Who says that the United States is weak because the country would let its children die for the Entertainment?

5. What grade did James Incandenza assign to his marriage?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Lyle mean when he tells the students never to underestimate objects?

4. How could the use of the Entertainment be devastating?

5. What kind of relationship did James and Lyle have?

6. In what way has Hal lost Mario?

7. What is an example of James being a genius but inability to deal with real life matters?

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

9. Describe the memories James had about his father.

10. What role does the theme of suicide play in the novel?

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