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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What virus does the narrator of Story 4 reveal McInnes has?
(a) Hepatitis.
(b) Adenovirus.
(c) Foot and mouth disease virus.
(d) Borna virus.

2. According to the narrator in Story 2, how long has he been friends with his two friends?
(a) 3 years.
(b) 6 months.
(c) 19 years.
(d) Over a year.

3. The narrator states that ________ is like a railroad club car that had somehow run itself off the tracks into a swamp of time where it awaited the blows of the wrecking ball.
(a) Money.
(b) The Vine.
(c) His life.
(d) Wayne.

4. What does the Salesman hit with his car causing a severe accident in Story 1?
(a) A light pole.
(b) Another car.
(c) A tree.
(d) A deer.

5. What type of party is Jack Hotel throwing for himself at the bar in Story 3?
(a) A birthday party.
(b) A bachelor party.
(c) A welcome home party.
(d) A going away party.

6. What specific item is the narrator and Wayne after on the job?
(a) Copper wire.
(b) Redwood oak flooring.
(c) Crystal chandelier.
(d) Brass piping.

7. What crime was Jack Hotel being tried for in Story 3?
(a) Grand theft.
(b) Armed robbery.
(c) Arson.
(d) Murder.

8. According to Dundun in Story 4, why does McInnes not feel good?
(a) McInnes has the flu.
(b) Dundun shot him.
(c) Dundun beat him up.
(d) McInnes overdosed on pain killers.

9. What is Jack Hotels's real name?
(a) Harry Jacobson.
(b) Joshua Hughston.
(c) George Hoddel.
(d) Jack Hamilton.

10. In Story 5, whose ex-girlfriend did the narrator end up marrying?
(a) Georgie.
(b) Dundun.
(c) Jack Hotel.
(d) McInness.

11. Who is Alsatia?
(a) The narrator's wife.
(b) Caplan's girlfriend.
(c) Stan's sister.
(d) Richard's daughter.

12. What profession does Dundun say he would not mind working?
(a) A pilot.
(b) A lawyer.
(c) A hitman.
(d) A doctor.

13. According to the narrator in Story 2, how does he feel about his child?
(a) He hates him.
(b) He enjoys him.
(c) He is afraid of him.
(d) He wants to put him up for adoption.

14. In Story 5, what offer does Wayne make to the narrator?
(a) To go to work with him.
(b) Wayne wants to buy the narrator's car.
(c) Wayne wants to be roommates with the narrator.
(d) To open up a business together.

15. According to Richard in Story 2, the people at the farmhouse use to be ________.
(a) Musicians.
(b) Politicians.
(c) Jocks.
(d) Miners.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of Story 5, the narrator says, "Your husband will beat you with a(n) ________ and the bus will pull away leaving you standing there in tears, but you were my ________."

2. According to the narrator, he and the Salesman developed a dangerous cynical camaraderie beginning in ________.

3. In his flashback, the narrator in Story 1 reveals that earlier in the day the ________ and him had swept down into ________.

4. According to the narrator in Story 2, who sold him a gun?

5. Who does the narrator call "Nurse" in Story 5?

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