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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. Paul refers to the cops as being a lot like what famous/fictional pair?
(a) Mutt and Jeff.
(b) Fred and Barney.
(c) Laurel and Hardy.
(d) David and Goliath.

2. What adjective is used to describe this character?
(a) Green.
(b) Young.
(c) Clueless.
(d) Naive.

3. Approximately how many pages has Paul completed thus far?
(a) 431.
(b) 300.
(c) 279.
(d) 362.

4. Paul is taken to what hospital?
(a) Doctors Hospital.
(b) Citizen's General.
(c) NYU.
(d) Lenox Hill.

5. What does Paul throw through the window?
(a) Typewriter.
(b) Desk drawer.
(c) Ashtray.
(d) Shoe.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Annie offer to the men when they come inside?

2. On what object does Annie hit her head?

3. With what object is the person killed?

4. What is the new total owed immediately?

5. What occasion is celebrated that day?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the book found on the coffee table in the living room. What does the book contain?

2. Describe the scene in which Paul dreams about Carl Wilkes' death.

3. How does Paul feel when he tells Annie the book is finished?

4. How does Paul explain the process of writing to Annie?

5. What does Paul say that changes Annie's attitude, at least temporarily?

6. Discuss the things Paul is given while in the cellar. What is Paul without until Annie returns?

7. Why does Annie leave Paul in the cellar?

8. At this point, according to Paul, for whom is he writing the story?

9. Where does Paul go after escaping the bedroom? Why?

10. What does Paul mean when he says he has become his own Scheherazade?

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