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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. At the meeting, what does Carl Peterson claim he isn’t?
(a) Married
(b) Homosexual
(c) Infected with Herpes
(d) A lawyer

2. What does “Fats” Terminal learn in order to survive?
(a) The Algebra of Need
(b) The Way of Zen
(c) The Science of Junk
(d) The Art of Forgiveness

3. Carl’s test results indicate that he is negative for what?
(a) Alcoholism
(b) Cancer
(c) AIDS
(d) Homosexuality

4. Which of the following characters dies from an overdose?
(a) Hassan
(b) AJ
(c) Sailor
(d) The Beagle

5. In what isolated area is the building in Chapter 16 located?
(a) Pigeon Hole
(b) South End
(c) Westminster
(d) Greenwich Village

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do most international transactions involving sexual products take place?

2. Who is described as a con man?

3. In the photographs that Carl examines, some of the models are actually what?

4. What room number does the Lieutenant say William Lee is staying in?

5. Who does the southern doctor at the conference want to kill?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Dr. Schafer differ from Dr. Benway?

2. Where is Queens Plaza located? How does this setting relate to the other settings in the novel?

3. How is “Fats” Terminal described in “The Algebra of Need”?

4. Where is the Sailor in the beginning of “Coke Bugs”?

5. Where does the Sailor take the boy in “The Exterminator Does a Good Job”? Why?

6. What is symbolized by the courthouse and court system in “The County Clerk”?

7. What is symbolized through William’s description of the Island and the Zone?

8. How is A.J. described in “Islam Incorporated and the Parties of Interzone”?

9. How does the narrative style and plot evolve in “The Algebra of Need”?

10. What leads to William Lee shooting Hauser and O’Brien?

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