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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the bumper sticker on the cash register state?
(a) If guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns.
(b) Guns don't kill people, people kill people.
(c) Support safe gun laws.
(d) NRA supporter.

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

3. Who does Bart run into at the mall while Christmas shopping?
(a) Stephan Ordner.
(b) Ray Tarkington.
(c) Mary.
(d) Vinnie Mason.

4. Where did Bart's father die of a stroke?
(a) In a garage.
(b) At a highway construction site.
(c) In the hospital.
(d) In his bed.

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

6. Who, from the laundry, may be attending the New Year's Eve party that Bart and Mary are invited to?
(a) Steve Ordner.
(b) Vinnie Mason.
(c) Ron Stone.
(d) Sally from accounting.

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

8. 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) Victor Winterburger.
(d) David Burkham.

9. What does Bart do to earn his half of the money needed for a new television?
(a) He mows grass in the neighborhood.
(b) He paints the smoke stack of the laundry.
(c) He sells his prized comic book collection.
(d) He goes to work as a bartender at Nicky's Diner.

10. Magliore tells Bart that even if his background checks out, he still may not do business with him. Why?
(a) Because he thinks Bart is in the DEA.
(b) Because he thinks Bart is a cop.
(c) Because he thinks Bart is a "fruitcake".
(d) Because he thinks Bart is a "snitch".

11. What time is the Blue Ribbon Laundry demolition to start?
(a) Eight a.m.
(b) Noon.
(c) Nine a.m.
(d) Ten a.m.

12. What novel does Bart compare his neighborhood to on the evening of November 24th?
(a) "Dark is the Grave Wherein My Friend is Laid" by Malcolm Lowry
(b) "Bury the Living" by Richard Boone.
(c) "After Dark" by Haruki Murakami.
(d) "The Dark" by Marianne Curley.

13. What animal is in Bart's nightmare on the night of November 27th?
(a) A snake.
(b) A bird.
(c) A bear.
(d) A dog.

14. What business does Sally One-Eye use as a cover-up for his mob dealings?
(a) Magliore's Guaranteed Okay Used Cars.
(b) Sally's Diner.
(c) Magliore's Home Construction.
(d) Sally's Advertising.

15. What is Bart's "private drink"?
(a) Jack Daniels and Coke.
(b) Southern Comfort and Seven-Up.
(c) Bushmills rocks.
(d) Busch beer.

Short Answer Questions

1. On the night Bart sets the fires, what does he dream about over and over?

2. What does everyone at the laundry call Bart?

3. After Bart calls Magilore's, he goes home and finds Mary sick. Who does Mary compare herself to because of her voice?

4. On the night Bart sets the fires, what is wrong with his dreams?

5. To whom does Bart place a call from the gun shop?

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