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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What news does Mary have about her plans to move on with her life?
(a) Mary tells Bart she is going back to school.
(b) Mary is dating already.
(c) Mary is seeing a psychiatrist.
(d) Mary has decided to move out of the area.

2. What author does Waly Hamner steal this quote from: "The center does not hold"?
(a) William Shakespeare.
(b) T.S. Eliot.
(c) Percy Shelly.
(d) William Faulkner.

3. What does Bart prepare to mail to Mary on the night of January 10th?
(a) A letter of apology.
(b) A suicide note.
(c) Divorce papers.
(d) His checkbook with a balance of $35,053.49.

4. When talking to Fenner about the finalization of the terms of the house, what does Bart find out?
(a) That his home is bugged.
(b) That the price has gone down.
(c) That he is the only one left holding out.
(d) That Mary already signed the papers.

5. Where does Bart find Charlie's clothes?
(a) Under his bed in boxes.
(b) In the attic.
(c) In Mary's secret place.
(d) In trash bags in the garage.

6. According to Magliore, when you kill a guy, what are you doing?
(a) Putting him out of his misery.
(b) Doing God a favor.
(c) Ridding the world of a meaningless waste of oxygen.
(d) Sparing him the pain of hell.

7. On the morning of January 20th, what does Bart do with the explosives?
(a) Wires them in the garage.
(b) Wires them along his property line.
(c) Loads them into his car.
(d) Wires them throughout the house.

8. Where does the transaction between Bart and Magliore's men take place?
(a) Magliore's car dealership.
(b) Nicky's Diner.
(c) The Town Line Tavern.
(d) The bowling alley.

9. What does Fenner say to the police officers during the beginning of the shoot-out?
(a) Let me talk to him.
(b) Keep firing.
(c) Stop!
(d) Kill him.

10. How is Bart remembered in his high school yearbook?
(a) As the Class Clown.
(b) As the most likely to get married right after high school.
(c) As the most likely to succeed.
(d) As the best dressed.

11. What was the crate used for before it held Bart's explosives?
(a) Oranges.
(b) Bananas.
(c) Lemons.
(d) Limes.

12. How many sticks of explosives does Bart buy from Magliore?
(a) Forty (40).
(b) One hundred (100).
(c) Ten (10).
(d) Twenty (20).

13. What does Bart describe as a shrouded corpse in his home?
(a) The television.
(b) The pictures from his and Mary's wedding.
(c) The marital bed.
(d) The guns he bought from Harold.

14. What does Bart say to Mary as they hang up the phone on their January 17th conversation?
(a) I hate you.
(b) Screw you.
(c) I love you.
(d) Have a great life.

15. What does Bart break at the signal of the new year?
(a) A glass.
(b) His television.
(c) A bottle of Southern Comfort.
(d) His hand.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much does it cost Bart to purchase the explosives?

2. What does Bart find in the pocket of his coat on the way into the New Year's Eve party?

3. What is Mary worried about regarding the divorce from Bart?

4. Who is Tina Howard Wallace?

5. According to Bart, what is the name of the place where the events that occur there seem planned and sentient?

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