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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. The Sailor tells the boy that he doesn’t want his money, Honey, but wants his what, instead?
(a) His time
(b) His body
(c) His friends
(d) His hair

2. What does Fats learn to serve?
(a) Petit fours
(b) The black meat
(c) White Pony
(d) Whiskey sours

3. A man in the market argues against many religious figures, including Christ, Buddha, and whom?
(a) Hercules
(b) Mohammad
(c) Shiva
(d) Jupiter

4. A junky, even at the Sailor’s level, runs on what?
(a) Caffeine
(b) Junk time
(c) Mean time
(d) Street time

5. What is the official, whose attention William is trying to get, doing?
(a) Reading the paper
(b) Telling racist jokes
(c) Watching the television
(d) Taking phone calls

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is trying to have his case heard in Chapter 16?

2. In literature, what refers to the inherent incompatibility between the objectives of two or more characters or forces?

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

4. What does “Fats” Terminal learn in order to survive?

5. How long is the sentence for “jostling”?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the point of the absurdity in “Islam Incorporated and the Parties of Interzone”?

2. What happens after Carl falls asleep in the doctor’s office in “The Examination”?

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

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

5. Why do Hauser and O’Brien pay a visit to William Lee in the novel?

6. How is the city of Interzone described?

7. How does William describe junkies destroying themselves physically and emotionally in “Have You Seen Pantopon Rose?”

8. Mary is both an observer and a participant in “A.J.’s Annual Party,” whereas the male characters are only participants. What does this say about the author’s views of female sexuality?

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

10. What does the Party Leader discuss in “Ordinary Men and Women”?

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