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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What devastated the Duke Estate in "Screwjack"?
(a) The Great Tornado.
(b) The Great Earthquake.
(c) The Great Tsunami.
(d) The Great Firestorm.

2. What brand of liquor was Leach carrying when he opened the door?
(a) Jack Daniels.
(b) Gibley's Gin.
(c) Wild Turkey.
(d) Jim Beam.

3. What had the second narrator been doing with the cat just moments before in "Screwjack"?
(a) Watching television.
(b) Walking on the beach.
(c) Reading a bedtime story.
(d) Smoking marijuana.

4. At the beginning of the story, how is Mr. Screwjack described?
(a) Codependent and scathing.
(b) Independent and wealthy.
(c) Rich and famous.
(d) Loathsome and disgusting.

5. According to Thompson in "Death of a Poet," who had struck out?
(a) Mighty Casey.
(b) Mighty Ott.
(c) Mighty Mick.
(d) Babe Ruth.

6. Who called on the telephone for the second narrator in "Screwjack"?
(a) Pat Caddell.
(b) James Johnson.
(c) Mark Jeffries.
(d) Andrew Walker.

7. The dawn in the beginning of "Screwjack" is described as cold and ____________.
(a) Sunless.
(b) Sunny.
(c) Gloomy.
(d) Wet.

8. To whom was the letter written?
(a) His wife.
(b) His boss.
(c) His publishers.
(d) His cat.

9. According to the narrator, where did someone go after Real Estate School?
(a) New York.
(b) El Centro.
(c) Sacramento.
(d) Los Angeles.

10. Where did Mr. Screwjack bite the second narrator as he was petting him?
(a) His leg.
(b) His thumb.
(c) His ankle.
(d) His shoulder.

11. What color was Mr. Screwjack?
(a) Yellow.
(b) White.
(c) Red.
(d) Black.

12. How many pounds did Mr. Screwjack weigh the second time the narrator had encountered him?
(a) 200.
(b) 150.
(c) 300.
(d) 500.

13. The narrator described at the beginning of "Screwjack" that a crust of snow had formed on the porch since ____________.
(a) Dusk.
(b) Dawn.
(c) Yesterday.
(d) Midnight.

14. Mr. Screwjack left "across the woodpile and through that shadowy hole between" what kind of tree?
(a) Blue spruce.
(b) Hemlock.
(c) Aspen.
(d) Yellow Pine.

15. Where was the narrator's tattoo located?
(a) His forearm.
(b) His back.
(c) His chest.
(d) His shoulder.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the end of his letter in "Screwjack," the narrator asked who might look on him and say that he "was wrong for loving a huge black ___________."

2. Where had Leach gone that led him to change his bet?

3. Which car did the woman at the car rental counter tell Thompson to take?

4. Who had failed in discussing the Packers?

5. How does the writer sleep in the poem which opens "Death of a Poet"?

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