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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. When asked by the semi-truck driver, "Is everybody dead?" How does the narrator respond?
(a) "No, not everbody."
(b) "Yes, everybody is dead."
(c) "How should I know."
(d) "I can't tell who is and who isn't."

2. Why is the narrator visiting Dundun in Story 4?
(a) To buy marijuana.
(b) To spend time with him.
(c) To appologize to him.
(d) To buy pharmaceutical opium.

3. Where did the narrator first meet Dundun?
(a) At the Johnson County Jail.
(b) At a bar.
(c) In high school.
(d) At Seattle General Mental Institution.

4. How does the narrator's "new companion" communicate in Story 2?
(a) With pictures.
(b) By sign language.
(c) In pig-latin.
(d) By song.

5. Story 3 opens with the narrator seeing ________ in an olive-green three-piece suit, with his blond hair combed back and his face shining and suffering.
(a) Thatcher.
(b) Richard.
(c) Georgie.
(d) Jack Hotel.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of Story 1, what flutters close to the narrator's face?

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

3. According to the narrator in Story 1, who was snoring loudly and rudely after the car accident?

4. Who was the naked woman flying over the river behind the boat in Story 5?

5. According to the narrator in Story 1, all of the following people had given the narrator drugs except for who?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the narrator and Dundun deal with the death of McInnes?

2. Who is McInnes? What has happened to him in Story 4?

3. In Story 2, what three stops does the narrator's new companion have the narrator make? What occurs at each of the three stops?

4. Who is Wayne? Describe his relationship with the narrator in Story 5.

5. Discuss the drug abuse seen in Story 3.

6. Is Richard the one who the narrator briefly describes as being injured and arrested during a burglary attempt? Explain.

7. Discuss the mini-theme of the manifestation of nature a seen in Story 1.

8. Define and discuss imagery which is found in Story 2.

9. At the end of Story 5, the narrator makes reference to his mother. Explain this reference and to whom is he referring to.

10. Analyze the family who picks up the hitchhiking narrator in Story 1. What are some characteristics of this family?

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