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

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

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

4. Which character appears in the Entertainment?
(a) Hal.
(b) Joelle.
(c) Mario.
(d) James.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 67, what does Joelle begin to worry obsessively about?

2. How does Hal seem to feel about his life?

3. Who or what does Don have trouble truly understanding?

4. What caused Don to give up on high school and football?

5. Which character is unable to feel pain well, and burns himself on the stove?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kind of impression do you get from Avril's character?

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

3. How does Orin treat women?

4. Why does Joelle wear the veil?

5. What does Hal think of Avril and Charles possibly being related?

6. What are the contents of the Entertainment?

7. In what way has Hal lost Mario?

8. Why is Don so interested in Joelle?

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

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

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