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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dr. Proteus promise to do for the man in Homestead whose son failed his exams?
(a) Get his son a job.
(b) Give him money.
(c) Buy him a car.
(d) Put in a good word at the company.

2. Why does Finnerty take Dr. Proteus's gun?
(a) He is going to kill himself.
(b) He thinks people are after him.
(c) He wants to shoot Shepherd.
(d) He is going to sell it.

3. What problem do the Reeks and Wrecks find with Dr. Proteus's car?
(a) A broken fuel pump.
(b) A bad gasket.
(c) A faulty cooling fan.
(d) A cut brake line.

4. How does Anita react to Dr. Proteus's initial lie about his night at the bar?
(a) She seems unconcerned.
(b) She gets angry.
(c) She laughs because she does not believe him.
(d) She begins to cry.

5. Who is Dr. Halyard?
(a) A translator.
(b) A tour guide.
(c) A construction worker.
(d) A powerful religious leader.

6. What does Finnerty do when Dr. Proteus allows him into the plant without an escort?
(a) He makes drawings of the machines and layout.
(b) He breaks into Shepherd's office.
(c) He begins destroying the machines.
(d) He leaves graffiti on the machines and walls.

7. Who is Shepherd?
(a) Dr. Proteus's friend who works below him in the Works.
(b) Dr. Proteus's friend from college.
(c) Dr. Proteus's cousin.
(d) Dr. Proteus's friend who works in Washington.

8. What happens to the cat that Dr. Proteus brings to Ilium Works?
(a) It catches seventeen mice.
(b) It runs and hides somewhere in the Works.
(c) Dr. Proteus gives it to Dr. Calhoun.
(d) It is electrocuted.

9. Who does Anita compare Dr. Proteus to near the end of Chapter 16?
(a) His father.
(b) Kroner.
(c) Shepherd.
(d) Finnerty.

10. What does Anita want to do with Dr. Proteus instead of celebrate their anniversary?
(a) Renovate the second floor of the house.
(b) Buy a gift for Kroner.
(c) Take a vacation.
(d) Prepare for the Meadows competition.

11. Who said this quote? "Does that make you happy, that this has been going on for thirteen years?"
(a) Dr. Proteus.
(b) Anita.
(c) Finnerty.
(d) Kroner.

12. How much money does Bud get as a bonus from the company?
(a) One thousand dollars.
(b) Fifty dollars.
(c) Five hundred dollars.
(d) One hundred thousand dollars.

13. What does Dr. Proteus discover is missing from his car?
(a) His keys.
(b) His wallet.
(c) His gun.
(d) His jacket.

14. What does Hacketts secretly imagine doing?
(a) Becoming an artist.
(b) Insulting his superiors.
(c) Being promoted to General.
(d) Becoming President.

15. How does Dr. Proteus think that Anita will feel about moving to a farm?
(a) He thinks he can slowly convince her to go.
(b) He thinks she will never go with him.
(c) He thinks she will love the idea.
(d) He thinks she will be angry he spent so much money.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the President's name?

2. What does Dr. Proteus say that upsets Anita at the end of Chapter 10?

3. How does Finnerty become so successful at Ilium?

4. What is Dr. Calhoun's relationship to Katherine?

5. How does Anita react when Dr. Proteus tells her about his experience in Homestead?

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