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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Charles say kept buzzing in his head when he went home to sleep after a night out in the fifties?
(a) Laughter.
(b) Screams.
(c) Music.
(d) Talk.

2. Where did Scott find Bill had taken refuge?
(a) A country house.
(b) An old hotel.
(c) A garden shed.
(d) Hollywood.

3. Where does Charlie ask Bill to go with him to help with the hostages?
(a) Tel Aviv.
(b) Peking.
(c) London.
(d) Beirut.

4. Who does Brita say wants to speak to Bill?
(a) Charles.
(b) Karen.
(c) James.
(d) Scott.

5. What does Bill ask the guard in the reception area?
(a) If he can borrow a quarter.
(b) If he has a gun.
(c) Where he can buy food.
(d) Where the bathroom is.

6. What does Karen say parents do when one shows belief?
(a) Chain their children to the radiator.
(b) Call psychiatrists and the police.
(c) Run away from the reality.
(d) Throw their children out.

7. What does Bill tell Brita he has quit?
(a) Writing.
(b) Drinking.
(c) Drugs.
(d) Sex.

8. How does the author describe the colors Maureen is wearing?
(a) Candy colored.
(b) Dull colored.
(c) Child colored.
(d) Multi colored.

9. To whom does the author say the future belongs?
(a) Crowds.
(b) Cults.
(c) Foreigners.
(d) Politicians.

10. Why does Brita think Bill is off balance?
(a) He doesn't like her there.
(b) He is being sued by he ex-wife.
(c) He is in love with Karen.
(d) He is under pressure from his publisher.

11. How did Scott first make contact with Bill?
(a) He sent him a picture.
(b) He phoned him up.
(c) He wrote him a letter.
(d) He arrived at his house.

12. From what country is the young writer?
(a) Greece.
(b) Turkey.
(c) Switzerland.
(d) France.

13. To what kind of painting does Karen compare the images at the soccer match?
(a) A religious painting.
(b) A cubist painting.
(c) A pop art painting.
(d) An abstract painting.

14. Which of Bill's wives does Bill say Charlie should have married?
(a) Denise.
(b) Peta.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Helen.

15. For what author does the young man like to check the shelves?
(a) Jack Hobbs.
(b) David Love.
(c) Bill Gray.
(d) Gordon Brown.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Maureen say she and Roger can do their moaning?

2. What is the name of Karen's father?

3. Where does the marriage take place?

4. For what is the man at the window waiting to appear?

5. What meat do the characters eat for dinner?

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