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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 does A.J. pose as to cover his real profession?
(a) A bus driver
(b) An international spy
(c) A banker
(d) An international playboy

2. What are the boys in the statue about to do?
(a) Engage in sodomy
(b) Kiss one another
(c) Engage in murder
(d) Weep

3. In the photographs that Carl examines, some of the models are actually what?
(a) Dogs
(b) Underage
(c) Boys in drag
(d) Girls in drag

4. What is the name of the rubber penis used in the performance?
(a) Mugwump
(b) Carol Oates
(c) Steely Dan III
(d) Big Blue

5. What time did Hauser and O’Brien walk in on William in his hotel room?
(a) 10 am
(b) 11 am
(c) 6 am
(d) 8 am

Short Answer Questions

1. How long has William been a junkie?

2. What is Hauser ordered to search for in William’s hotel room?

3. Who does Joe say that he’s traveling with in Butte?

4. Who does the Salesman sell random useless kitchen equipment to?

5. Who does William offer to set up when speaking with Hauser and O’Brien?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the setting of “A.J.’s Annual Party” relate to “Hassan’s Rumpus Room”?

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

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

4. What is symbolic about Carl’s appointment in “The Examination”?

5. What shift takes place in the plot structure of the novel in “Hauser and O’Brien”?

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

7. What does the boy ask the Sailor for in “Coke Bugs”? What is the response?

8. Who are Aracknid and Andrew Keif?

9. How is the Exterminator described in “The Exterminator Does a Good Job”?

10. Why is William Lee unable to get his case heard in “The County Clerk”?

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