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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Thompson see upon entering the kitchen?
(a) A dancing woman.
(b) A man cooking.
(c) A naked woman.
(d) A prostitute with cocaine.

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

3. Which team did Leach bet on in "Death of a Poet"?
(a) Green Bay Packers.
(b) Kansas City Chiefs.
(c) Dallas Cowboys.
(d) Seattle Seahawks.

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

5. What was the magnification of the second narrator's spectacles in "Screwjack"?
(a) 1.
(b) 1.75.
(c) 1.5.
(d) 1.25.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator describe as having been so loud it made them both tremble when Mr. Screwjack was thrown out?

2. Who had "gone off to Real Estate School"?

3. What color are Mr. Screwjack's eyes?

4. According to the narrator, where did someone go after Real Estate School?

5. The dawn in the beginning of "Screwjack" is described as cold and ____________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What surprise news did Leach break on the narrator in "Death of a Poet"?

2. What startling sight did the narrator find in the kitchen in "Death of a Poet"?

3. What interaction did the narrator have with the car rental employee in "Death of a Poet"?

4. What did Duke write to the Lord in "Screwjack"?

5. What other work had Thompson written centering on the character F.X. Leach?

6. Who "wrote" the opening chapter of "Screwjack"? What exposition is revealed here?

7. Who is described in the beginning of the letter in "Screwjack"?

8. Who was the narrator going to see in "Death of a Poet"? What mood was he in?

9. What did the second narrator do to Screwjack?

10. What did Screwjack do to the second narrator?

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