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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 is Happy Noodle Boy?
(a) Johnny's alter-ego.
(b) A character in a comic strip drawn by Johnny.
(c) An inanimate object that serves as the voice of reason for Johnny.
(d) Squee's teddy bear.

2. How does Squee's father respond when Squee tells him he is frightened?
(a) He ignores Squee, and doesn't speak to him at all.
(b) He reminds Squee that he never wanted him.
(c) He checks Squee's closet, and under his bed, to humor him.
(d) He gives Squee a glass of warm milk and sends him back to bed.

3. Which of these is NOT a reason Johnny cites for killing someone in the cafe?
(a) They laughed at him once.
(b) They're wearing expensive boots.
(c) They are too submissive when people make fun of them.
(d) They tried to trip him once.

4. According to Johnny, when is violence, on television or in the media, dangerous?
(a) When it is too gory and intense.
(b) When kids watch it without their parents to put it into context.
(c) When those watching it are idiots.
(d) When small, impressionable children watch it.

5. How was Johnny hurt, when he first meets Squee?
(a) He cut himself on broken glass.
(b) He fell off of his bike.
(c) His last victim fought back.
(d) He was hit by a car.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the subject of the public service announcement in Part 3?

2. What does Johnny write in his "die-ary" at the end of Part 2?

3. Why does Johnny try to shock himself with a Taser in Part 3?

4. What happens to Squee in the second strip of Part 3?

5. What is ironic about Johnny's house number?

Short Essay Questions

1. What precipitates Johnny's rampage at the fast-food restaurant?

2. Why isn't the first captive in Part 2 afraid of dying, and how does Johnny respond to his lack of fear?

3. How does Johnny feel about his second captive, the young woman, in Part 2?

4. Why isn't Johnny's victim amused by the story Johnny tells in Part 3?

5. Which characters influence Johnny, regarding whether or not he should commit suicide, in Part 1?

6. What happens to Squee in Part 3?

7. Who is the main character, and what does he do?

8. How does Johnny feel about his victims?

9. What triggers Johnny's killing spree at the cafe?

10. How does Johnny's first encounter with Devi end?

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