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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 Andrew Keif do for a living?
(a) Judge
(b) Actor
(c) Painter
(d) Novelist

2. What happens to the room when Carl wakes up in Chapter 18?
(a) It catches on fire
(b) It disappears
(c) It becomes infiltrated by baboons
(d) It turns bright white

3. Who does A.J. fund a school for?
(a) Orphaned girls
(b) Reptiles
(c) Delinquent boys
(d) Priests

4. Who hangs the girl from the theater troupe in the noose?
(a) James
(b) Joe
(c) Mark
(d) Peter

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the rubber penis used in the performance?

2. The Sailor tells the boy that he doesn’t want his money, Honey, but wants his what, instead?

3. What term refers to the set of goals of an ideological group?

4. What word refers to compulsory isolation, typically to contain the spread of something considered dangerous, often but not always disease?

5. A junky, even at the Sailor’s level, runs on what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Where does William Lee go after shooting Hauser and O’Brien? Why?

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

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

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

8. What do the different political groups symbolize in “Islam Incorporated and the Parties of Interzone”?

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

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

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