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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of volunteer work does Phil Drake do?
(a) He is a street priest and Dial Help Center volunteer.
(b) He volunteers at the Red Cross.
(c) He volunteers at a nursing home.
(d) He volunteers at a mission.

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

3. On the night of January 10th, what does Bart think about doing with Olivia?
(a) Telling her to forget about him.
(b) Getting her from Vegas and traveling.
(c) Calling her and proposing.
(d) Sending her a ticket to come home to him.

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

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

6. Why does Bart think Vinnie Mason needs to be fired?
(a) Because he is crazy.
(b) Because he is stealing.
(c) So that he can move on to greater things.
(d) Because he attacked him and is dangerous.

7. What does Bart tell Magliore to think about right before he leaves on January 15th?
(a) Forgetting about him.
(b) Mr. Piazzi's dog.
(c) The after-life.
(d) What life is really about.

8. What does Bart do with the five thousand dollars he brought into the coffee shop?
(a) Puts it in an old man's cup of coffee.
(b) Gives it to the street kid.
(c) Puts it in Drake's coffee pot.
(d) Throws it in the trash.

9. Why does Phil Drake understand the high that Bart is experiencing?
(a) He is a recovering drug addict.
(b) He is a doctor.
(c) He runs a coffee shop and customers come in high all the time.
(d) He does drugs.

10. Why is Mary happy when she calls Bart on the morning of January 17th?
(a) She got the news he sold the house.
(b) She got a job.
(c) She decided to come back to Bart.
(d) She is moving out of her parents' house.

11. What does Bart say to himself to put his plans into effect?
(a) Let's go.
(b) Ready.
(c) Time to blow.
(d) Roll it.

12. How has the effect of the drugs been good for Bart?
(a) He tells someone the truth about his plans.
(b) His mind feels clean.
(c) He learns that some things are better finished.
(d) He is able to stand up to Mary.

13. Where does Bart aim his first shot on the attack to save his home?
(a) The city car's front wheel.
(b) The police crusier's front wheel.
(c) The city car's windshield.
(d) The police crusier's windshield.

14. Bart places some money in a beer stein that Mary got for him. What does it say on the stein?
(a) U.S. Drinking Team.
(b) World's Best Husband.
(c) There is always tomorrow.
(d) I Love You.

15. What does Bart realize about a woman's love on the day Charlie starts nursery school?
(a) It is horrible.
(b) It is beautiful.
(c) It is strange and cruel.
(d) It is the strongest anywhere.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mary call Bart in regards to Charlie's death?

2. What does Fenner say to the police officers during the beginning of the shoot-out?

3. According to Magliore, when you kill a guy, what are you doing?

4. What does Bart take down to the post office on the morning of January 16th?

5. What news does Mary have about her plans to move on with her life?

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