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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. What is Martina's last name?
(a) Card.
(b) Twain.
(c) Orwell.
(d) Orson.

2. What has John been diagnosed with?
(a) Tendonitis.
(b) Appendicitis.
(c) Hepattitis.
(d) Tinnitus.

3. What is John most preoccupied with?
(a) Sex.
(b) Directing.
(c) Romance.
(d) Writing.

4. What does Alec ask John for?
(a) A job.
(b) His house.
(c) Money.
(d) A night with Selina.

5. John's racist cabbie thinks that killing will do which of the following?
(a) Help him earn more money.
(b) Improve the world.
(c) Hurt the world.
(d) Keep bad people off the streets.

Short Answer Questions

1. The actors in the novel are best described by which adjective?

2. Why does John push aside the idea of Selina and Alec sleeping together?

3. How does John feel about his cabbie?

4. How old is John?

5. Which of the following is the biggest difference between Martina and Selina?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is John happy that Alec is in prison?

2. What is the purpose of this novel?

3. What factors cause John to be disgruntled?

4. What evidence points to John's preoccupation with sex?

5. Why doesn't John understand the murderer Fielding tells him about?

6. Why does John ask Selina to move in with him?

7. Why does John decide he wants to go back to London?

8. Why can't John find interest in anything?

9. How are Martina and Selina different?

10. Compare John and Barry.

(see the answer keys)

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