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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With what sort of intention about smoking does Dick Morrison go to Quitters, Inc.?
(a) Full-fledged intention to quit.
(b) Half-hearted intention to quit.
(c) Not fully committed to quit.
(d) Nonchalant commitment to quit.

2. What does Norris do to Cressner?
(a) Shoots him.
(b) Forces him to walk the ledge.
(c) Knocks him unconscious.
(d) Pushes him off the ledge.

3. What do Burt and Vicky discover about the child that they run down in the street?
(a) He is still alive.
(b) His throat is cut.
(c) His head is gone.
(d) His eyeballs have been gouged out.

4. What is the problem between Burt and Vicky?
(a) Mistrust.
(b) Miscommunication.
(c) Marital discord.
(d) Nothing.

5. What does Larry find out happened to his sister?
(a) She committed suicide.
(b) She divorced her husband.
(c) She is a showgirl.
(d) She was murdered.

6. Where does Johnny leave the pill bottle?
(a) In his pocket.
(b) In the trashcan.
(c) Inside the top of his mother's purse.
(d) On the pillow by his mother.

7. Which president is mentioned in The Man Who Loved Flowers?
(a) Washington.
(b) FDR.
(c) Lincoln.
(d) JFK.

8. What do people think when they see the young man in The Man Who Loved Flowers?
(a) That he is rich.
(b) That he is stupid.
(c) That he is in love.
(d) That he is insane.

9. Why did Katrina let go when Larry told her to even though she didn't know what he was planning?
(a) Because she knew he called their father.
(b) Because she knew he was piling hay underneath her.
(c) Because she knew he had another ladder ready.
(d) Because she trusted him.

10. When does Norris' trouble start?
(a) When he falls in love with a client.
(b) When he threatens a mobster.
(c) When he starts dealing drugs.
(d) When he falls off the ledge.

11. What is discovered about the young man in the end of The Man Who Loved Flowers?
(a) That he is very poor.
(b) That he is insane.
(c) That he is rich.
(d) That he is stupid.

12. What is the consequence of Morrison cheating the second time on program to quit smoking?
(a) He will recieve an electric shock.
(b) His wife will recieve an electric shock.
(c) His daughter will recieve an electric shock.
(d) His son will receive an electric shock.

13. To whom is Jerusalem's Lot rumored to be the home of?
(a) A giant worm.
(b) An evil preacher.
(c) Aliens.
(d) Vampires.

14. Who is Cressner?
(a) The mobster who is Norris' boss.
(b) The mobster whom Norris owes money to.
(c) The mobster husband of Norris' lover.
(d) The mobster fiance of Norris' lover.

15. What does Johnny's mother ask him to sneak her sometimes?
(a) Heroin.
(b) Her journal.
(c) Powerful painkillers.
(d) Aspirin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What explanation does the person who is mowing the lawn give to Harold about his behavior?

2. What theme is The Lawnmower Man based on?

3. Who is the first person narrator in One For the Road?

4. The records that Burt finds shows that the deaths of the people occurred on exactly what day?

5. When Booth, Tookey, and the man arrive at the car, what do they discover?

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