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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Matt's car described?
(a) A black Audi.
(b) A black Corvette.
(c) A blue HumVee.
(d) A blue Audi.

2. What percentage of trash is made up of air, according to Matt?
(a) 88%.
(b) 98%.
(c) 56%.
(d) 92%.

3. When Jazz calls Penny from Oklahoma, she tells her that the money she has now is from what last job?
(a) Waitressing on a cruise ship.
(b) Waitressing at a coffee shop.
(c) Selling cars in Brooklyn.
(d) Stripping.

4. Whose sounds of lovemaking wakes Penny up in the middle of the night when she is sleeping in Rob's room?
(a) Tony and Sorry's.
(b) Tony and Jazz's.
(c) Matt and Jazz's.
(d) Sorry and Anka's.

5. Where was Matt and Patrick's mother from?
(a) Murray Hill.
(b) Houston.
(c) Astoria, Queens.
(d) The Bronx.

6. What gifts does Matt bring to Jazz when he sees her alone while her roommates are at the protest?
(a) Champagne and focaccia bread.
(b) Whiskey and cigarettes.
(c) Roses and a box of chocolate.
(d) Daisies and red wine.

7. What does Amalia suggest Rob try in his sex life, when he confesses about his feelings of inadequacy?
(a) Bondage.
(b) Cosplay.
(c) Pansexuality.
(d) Homosexuality.

8. Who pays Rob $50 for the bet about quitting nicotine use?
(a) Tony.
(b) Jazz.
(c) Amalia.
(d) Penny.

9. What does Penny eat with her mother when she goes to visit her after the AIDS conference?
(a) Chicken soup and French bread.
(b) Shrimp jambalaya.
(c) Ham sandwiches with tomato.
(d) Tacos and egg rolls.

10. How does Amalia describe her wedding to Norm when asked by Penny?
(a) It was a traditional Jewish wedding.
(b) It was a hippie wedding.
(c) It was a traditional Catholic wedding.
(d) It was a traditional Kogi wedding.

11. What does a neighbor do to Matt's car when he comes to board up the door at the Nicotine house?
(a) He urinates on it.
(b) He backs into it.
(c) He kicks it.
(d) He lights it on fire.

12. Who shoots the bucket when Matt attacks the inhabitants of the Nicotine house?
(a) Rob.
(b) Anka.
(c) Tony.
(d) Jazz.

13. What artist recorded the song "In Your Eyes"?
(a) Sinead O'Connor.
(b) Madonna.
(c) John Lennon.
(d) Peter Gabriel.

14. Where is the luxury hotel that Matt invites Jazz to meet him at after receiving her email?
(a) SoHo.
(b) Atlantic City.
(c) Coney Island.
(d) Paulus Hook.

15. What weapon does Jazz bring to the hotel for Matt to use?
(a) A taser.
(b) A sword.
(c) A pistol.
(d) A dagger.

Short Answer Questions

1. What will Matt call the new establishment he is transforming the Nicotine house into?

2. What literary device is used in the following sentence from the novel: "An all-white man in an all-black car, like a grub in a rotten pecan" (192)?

3. What was the maiden name of Patrick and Matt's mother?

4. What does "WTO" refer to in the context of the novel?

5. What is the new destination that Sorry, Rob, and Jazz agree on as they leave Oklahoma?

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