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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 does Kate have trouble dealing with?
(a) Don.
(b) Hal.
(c) Tony.
(d) Ruth.

2. Who or what does Don have trouble truly understanding?
(a) His therapist.
(b) The concept of a god.
(c) Joelle's behavior.
(d) Why sobriety is important.

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

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

5. According to Molly, on what day did Madame Psychosis' mother kill herself?
(a) Thanksgiving day.
(b) Christmas day.
(c) Halloween.
(d) Christmas eve.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Matty Pemulis' occupation in Cambridge?

2. Which step in AA is Don having trouble getting to?

3. Who does Mario interview, who says they have a hard time believing Hal will be punished?

4. Who is identified as Madame Psychosis?

5. What caused Marathe to lose his legs?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What are the contents of the Entertainment?

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

5. In what way has Hal lost Mario?

6. Why does Joelle wear the veil?

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

8. Why does Hal begin to watch his father's films?

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

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

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