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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many buckets of excrement are loaded from the Nicotine house into Matt's garbage truck after the demolition crew empties it?
(a) 36.
(b) 52.
(c) 12.
(d) 19.

2. Whose house do Sorry, Jazz, and Rob go to in Taos?
(a) James Anderson'shhouse.
(b) Barrett Cartwright's house.
(c) Robert England's house.
(d) Jesse Cunningham's house.

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

4. How does Matt enter the Nicotine house in the middle of the night when he cannot sleep?
(a) He kicks in the door.
(b) He picks the lock.
(c) He shoots open the door.
(d) He breaking in a back window.

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

6. What does Penny read when she goes to try and sleep at the DJD house?
(a) The End of Times.
(b) The Master and Margarita.
(c) The Odyssey.
(d) The Illiad.

7. What does Jazz tell Matt after their sexual fantasy interlude involving the balcony and virtual realty?
(a) She is married.
(b) She is breaking up with him.
(c) She is moving to Hawaii.
(d) She is in love with him.

8. What does Tony take to Amalia as a hostess gift when he first visits her?
(a) A tobacco plant.
(b) A bottle of wine.
(c) A toaster oven.
(d) A bouquet of roses.

9. 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)?
(a) Simile.
(b) Alliteration.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Assonance.

10. What hashtag was used for the protest in which Sorry and Penny were arrested?
(a) #riseup.
(b) #ontop.
(c) #rightsnow.
(d) #climbit.

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

12. After about how many hours are Penny and Sorry released after their arrest during the protest?
(a) 6.
(b) 23.
(c) 12.
(d) 19.

13. What is Tony doing when Penny visits Amalia's home in Morristown after the Matt assault at Nicotine?
(a) Digging a grave.
(b) Mowing the lawn.
(c) Repairing the garage door.
(d) Loading a weapon.

14. Sorry laments the cost of cigarettes at the TTIP protest, saying they cost how much per pack?
(a) $20.
(b) $10.
(c) $15.
(d) $13.

15. What is the new destination that Sorry, Rob, and Jazz agree on as they leave Oklahoma?
(a) Alberta, Canada.
(b) Santa Cruz.
(c) Oakland.
(d) Los Angeles.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from the novel refers to speaking or acting in an evasive way?

2. The headquarters of the CHA are in a former commercial building called what?

3. What kind of pornography service is Tony said to subscribe to?

4. Whose sounds of lovemaking wakes Penny up in the middle of the night when she is sleeping in Rob's room?

5. What author is Rob reading when Penny comes to ask to sleep with him at the Nicotine house?

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