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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. 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) Jack Hotel.
(c) Richard.
(d) Georgie.

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

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

4. Who does the narrator believe is coming to shoot his left leg off in Story 2?
(a) Richard.
(b) Vandal.
(c) Georgie.
(d) Caplan.

5. What is the minimum amount of years Jack Hotel could spend in jail for his crime?
(a) 50 years.
(b) 25 years.
(c) 10 years.
(d) 100 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the narrator in Story 2, how does he feel about his child?

2. What type of weapon is the narrator carrying on him in Story 2?

3. According to the narrator in Story 1, why was he admitted to Seattle General Hospital some years later?

4. What crime was Jack Hotel being tried for in Story 3?

5. All of the following people are inside the farmhouse in Story 4, except for who?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss the narrator's relationship with the three women in Story 5.

2. The most telling image is the one quoted in Story 1 that of the narrator being showered with human blood. What does being "showered with human blood" represent?

3. Discuss the mini-theme of the randomness of existence as seen in Story 1.

4. Who is Thatcher? What type of relationship does Thatcher have with the narrator?

5. Discuss the drug abuse seen in Story 3.

6. Describe the three people the narrator first introduces to the reader at the beginning of Story 1. How does the narrator interact with these three people?

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

8. What can the passive reaction of the trucker in Story 1 be seen as a metaphoric representation of?

9. Where does the narrator of Story 3 receive money from?

10. Describe the character of Dundun.

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