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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much would it cost the narrator to have the tattoo burned off in "Screwjack"?
(a) $3000.
(b) $1000.
(c) $2000.
(d) $1500.

2. When Mr. Screwjack left, the narrator wrote "And then he was gone, with no noise, like some ____ from my other world."
(a) Alien.
(b) Monster.
(c) Memory.
(d) Ghost.

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

4. What did Mr. Screwjack give the narrator "under the chin"?
(a) Purr fest.
(b) Love bite.
(c) Wicked bite.
(d) Head job.

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

6. The poem at the beginning of "Death of a Poet" describes a coffin of __________.
(a) Smoke.
(b) Ice.
(c) Water.
(d) Fire.

7. What did the narrator do just before throwing Mr. Screwjack into the cold?
(a) Kicked him.
(b) Kissed him.
(c) Punched him.
(d) Licked him.

8. What did Leach tell Thompson he was about to do when he arrived?
(a) Make breakfast.
(b) Go to the store.
(c) Slit his wrists.
(d) Take a shower.

9. What television show did the narrator describe watching with Mr. Screwjack?
(a) Saturday Night Live.
(b) Oprah Winfrey.
(c) Johnny Carson.
(d) Phil Donahue.

10. According to "Screwjack's" narrator, what "drove me crazy as I carried him in my arms to the front door"?
(a) His screeching.
(b) His whining.
(c) His crying.
(d) His sighing.

11. In the opening of "Screwjack," the letter is described as having been written how many days before "his" disappearance?
(a) 10.
(b) 16.
(c) 21.
(d) 19.

12. Who was a friend of F. X. Leach in a 1992 Rolling Stone article by Hunter S. Thompson?
(a) Jimmy Carter.
(b) Clarence Thomas.
(c) Bill Clinton.
(d) Richard Nixon.

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

14. When did the car rental employee say she was going to move in "Death of a Poet"?
(a) Thursday.
(b) Wednesday.
(c) Monday.
(d) Tuesday.

15. Who had failed in discussing the Packers?
(a) The Magic Man.
(b) The Big Brother.
(c) The Great Giant.
(d) The Magic Casey.

Short Answer Questions

1. The address given to Thompson by the poet was located behind ______________.

2. Upon what had the narrator drooled, according to his prayer in "Screwjack"?

3. What had the second narrator been doing with the cat just moments before in "Screwjack"?

4. Who called on the telephone for the second narrator in "Screwjack"?

5. The woman in the kitchen in "Death of a Poet" was ___________.

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