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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bart admit to Olivia about his plans for himself?
(a) That he is going to leave town, go to Vegas, and start over.
(b) That he is going to get back together with Mary.
(c) That he is going to kill himself.
(d) That he is going to commit himself.

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

3. Why does Bart like reading Kurt Vonnegut books?
(a) Because they are funny.
(b) Because Vonnegut gave him the idea to sabotage the roadwork in one of his books.
(c) Because the books are written at a low reading level.
(d) Because they are filled with murderous plans.

4. What forces Bart to remember that he set the fires the previous night?
(a) The mud tracked in from the front door.
(b) The extra torn shirts that he had used for wicks laying by his bed.
(c) The smell of gasoline on his skin.
(d) The gloves he woke with in his hands.

5. How much money does Bart try to give the hitchhiker?
(a) Two hundred (200.00) dollars.
(b) Fifty (50.00) dollars.
(c) One hundred (100.00) dollars.
(d) Twenty (20.00) dollars.

6. What was the value of the crane that Bart set fire to?
(a) Fifty thousand dollars (50,000.00).
(b) Six hundred thousand dollars (600,000.00).
(c) Sixty thousand dollars (60,000.00).
(d) Five hundred thousand dolars (500,000.00).

7. Who wrote the opening quote to the novel?
(a) Al Stewart.
(b) Ai.
(c) Abraham Lincoln.
(d) William Shakespeare.

8. What wakes Bart up from his nap in the U-Wash-It laundry mat?
(a) A child screaming for a bottle.
(b) The laundry attendant telling him people are not allowed to sleep in the laundry.
(c) A Salvation Army Santa's bell.
(d) A woman runs over his foot with a rolling basket.

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

10. What word does the hitchhiker use to describe the 784 extension?
(a) Boring.
(b) Ugly.
(c) Stupid.
(d) Cool.

11. What is the name of the Democratic candidate who speaks out against the "vandalism" of the 784 construction site?
(a) Carl Spindler.
(b) Samuel Bortner.
(c) David Burkham.
(d) Victor Winterburger.

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

13. On the night Bart sets the fires, what does he dream about over and over?
(a) Burning down the Waterford.
(b) Committing suicide.
(c) Marrying Mary.
(d) Going to Vegas to find Olivia.

14. Where is the "wonderful replica of Crestallen Street" located at?
(a) At City Hall.
(b) In Bart's mind.
(c) At the historical society.
(d) Inside a Southern Comfort bottle.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who, from the laundry, may be attending the New Year's Eve party that Bart and Mary are invited to?

2. Who calls Bart on Christmas day?

3. What wakes Bart up on Christmas morning?

4. Where are Mary and Bart invited for New Year's Eve, even though the host knows they are separated?

5. Where does Bart get the idea for creating his own explosives?

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