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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. The address given to Thompson by his friend turned out to be a_____________.
(a) Trailer park.
(b) Apartment complex.
(c) Subdivision.
(d) Cabin.

4. What was the name of Leach's "punching bag" in "Death of a Poet"?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Jennifer.
(c) Julie.
(d) Michelle.

5. Leach told Thompson in "Death of a Poet" that he had changed his bet, gotten drunk, and ________________.
(a) Doubled up.
(b) Tripled the bet.
(c) Canceled the bet.
(d) Sold his car.

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

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

8. What does the narrator describe as having been so loud it made them both tremble when Mr. Screwjack was thrown out?
(a) His purr.
(b) His sign.
(c) His meow.
(d) His growl.

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

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

11. The people would come to collect Leach's debt by _____________.
(a) Next week.
(b) Midnight.
(c) Tomorrow morning.
(d) Tomorrow at noon.

12. The woman in the kitchen in "Death of a Poet" was ___________.
(a) A blow-up doll.
(b) Leach's wife.
(c) Thompson's sister.
(d) Leach's mistress.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who had failed in discussing the Packers?

2. In the closing of his letter, whom did the narrator ask the Lord to keep off his back?

3. Which team did Thompson bet on in "Death of a Poet"?

4. What had Leach been drinking when he changed his bet?

5. What had Thompson and his friend recently bet on in "Death of a Poet"?

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