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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Matt, the human body is about what percentage of water?
(a) 60%.
(b) 90%.
(c) 70%.
(d) 80%.

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

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

4. How is Amalia's car described when she arrives at Nicotine house?
(a) A black Audi.
(b) A gray station wagon.
(c) A red Corvette convertible.
(d) A white Taurus sedan.

5. 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 breaking in a back window.
(c) He picks the lock.
(d) He shoots open the door.

6. Who says of the squatters in the Nicotine house, "It's like having bedbugs that do the dishes" (138)?
(a) Rob.
(b) Penny.
(c) Patrick.
(d) Matt.

7. What is the place called where Sorry and Penny are taken after their arrests during the protest?
(a) The A train.
(b) The River.
(c) The Gutter.
(d) The Tombs.

8. Where does Penny's former freshman roommate now live?
(a) Jersey City.
(b) Patpong.
(c) Abu Dhabi.
(d) Oahu.

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

10. What does Matt intend to transform the Nicotine house into after the demolition?
(a) A community center.
(b) A homeless shelter.
(c) A school.
(d) An orphanage.

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

12. Where do some of the members of the Nicotine house go to detox from smoking as part of a bet?
(a) The Morristown estate.
(b) The Tranquility house.
(c) The Stayfree house.
(d) The DJD house.

13. Who books a hotel room for the former Nicotine inhabitants on their second night of flight?
(a) Penny.
(b) Rob.
(c) Jazz.
(d) Sorry.

14. 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) Metaphor.
(b) Assonance.
(c) Alliteration.
(d) Simile.

15. Who is the first inhabitant of the Nicotine house to read the note left on Matt's car from Amalia?
(a) Rob.
(b) Tony.
(c) Anka.
(d) Jazz.

Short Answer Questions

1. What percentage of trash is made up of air, according to Matt?

2. Why does Penny tell Jazz that if the family did probate, she, her mother, Patrick, and Matt would each receive equal shares of her father's estate?

3. What is Tony doing when Penny visits Amalia's home in Morristown after the Matt assault at Nicotine?

4. What does Sorry say the final destination is for her, Rob, and Jazz when she calls Penny from a motel near St. Louis?

5. What does Jazz tell Matt after their sexual fantasy interlude involving the balcony and virtual realty?

(see the answer keys)

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