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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bart say he will do with the money if the hitchhiker does not take it?
(a) Burn it.
(b) Flush it down the john.
(c) Throw it in the trash.
(d) Hide it in her belongings.

2. Where are Mary and Bart invited for New Year's Eve, even though the host knows they are separated?
(a) Roy Tarkington's.
(b) Vinnie Mason's.
(c) Walter Hanmer's.
(d) Steve Ordner's.

3. What are people doing at Johnny Walker's delivery accident scene?
(a) Blaming Johnny for the accident.
(b) Helping Johnny out of the delivery van.
(c) Stealing sheets and towels.
(d) Running away from the grizzly scene.

4. What is the estimated total damage in the area of the construction site?
(a) One million dollars (1,000,000.00).
(b) One hundred thousand dollars (100,000.00).
(c) Five hundred thousand dollars (500,000.00).
(d) Two million dollars (2,000,000.00).

5. What does Bart offer Olivia during the beginning of their conversation?
(a) To marry her and support her forever.
(b) To send her a plane ticket to anywhere she wants to go.
(c) Money.
(d) To come get her.

6. Where did Salvatore Magliore get his nickname, Sally One-Eye?
(a) He has a lazy eye.
(b) He lost one eye in a bar fight.
(c) He has a well-known stare down technique that everyone knows and fears.
(d) He has a cataract in one eye.

7. What does Bart buy Mary for Christmas?
(a) A gold and diamond necklace.
(b) A blender.
(c) A fur coat.
(d) A beaten-silver owl pin.

8. Which of Kurt Vonnegut's novels was burned in Drake, North Dakota?
(a) "Jailbird".
(b) "Slaughterhouse Five".
(c) "Cat's Cradle".
(d) "Mother Night".

9. According to Tom, what has Steve Ordner been asking other employees about regarding Bart?
(a) If they knew if Bart was stealing from the company.
(b) If Bart had been run out of town yet.
(c) If Bart committed suicide yet.
(d) If Bart committed himself yet.

10. What was Bart's first job at Blue Ribbon Laundry?
(a) Operations manager.
(b) Washroom helper.
(c) Driver boss.
(d) Washroom foreman.

11. How many people are on Bart's unabridged Christmas list?
(a) Two (2) names.
(b) Over one hundred and twenty (120) names.
(c) No names.
(d) One hundred (100) names.

12. On the night Bart sets the fires, what is wrong with his dreams?
(a) He thinks he is awake.
(b) His dreams keep waking him up.
(c) He feels like his dreams are accusing him of setting the fires.
(d) He feels like his dreams are going to come true.

13. When Mary disagrees with Bart, what does she say when she eventually gives in?
(a) You're the man.
(b) I am just a woman...what do I know?
(c) I'll humor you.
(d) Fine...have it your way.

14. What did Bart's son die from?
(a) War-time friendly fire.
(b) Car accident.
(c) Brain tumor.
(d) Still-born.

15. What does Bart think as he sees Mary walking in the door?
(a) Mary, I hate you for what you made me do.
(b) Mary, seeing you kills me.
(c) Mary, you ought to thank me; you're beautiful.
(d) Mary, I never should have made you leave me.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the psychiatrist that Bart tells Mary is booked through June?

2. How much money does Bart try to give the hitchhiker?

3. Who wrote the opening quote to the novel?

4. What kind of cancer does Bart tell Olivia that he has?

5. According to Bart, what is the white-collar name for a glorified office boy?

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