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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is different about Ophelia every time she returns from one of her trips?
(a) She looks younger.
(b) She looks deathly pale.
(c) She looks wildly invigorated.
(d) She is weak.

2. To what does Mark awaken?
(a) His wife's screams.
(b) A loud siren.
(c) The inability to breathe.
(d) A broken vessel.

3. To what destination is Mark taking his family by way of the jaunt?
(a) Mars.
(b) China.
(c) California.
(d) Istanbul.

4. When Hal was a child, what happened to his friends during the time he was in possession of the item his son found in the attic?
(a) They tried to steal it and were punished.
(b) Nothing.
(c) They died.
(d) They ran away from home.

5. Who is Mr. Nordoff?
(a) Lina's neighbor.
(b) Richard's neighbor.
(c) Seth's neighbor.
(d) Jonathan's neighbor.

6. Where does Mike originally find the narrator?
(a) Through his cousin.
(b) In jail.
(c) Through the Yellow Pages.
(d) In a speakeasy.

7. To what does King's friend compare the pay King receives for "Word Processer of the Gods"?
(a) The pay for a college student's article.
(b) The pay of a New York plumber.
(c) The pay of a first rate novelist.
(d) The pay of a lower rank secretary.

8. What does Randy do when LaVerne is attacked?
(a) He pushes her over the edge.
(b) He just watches.
(c) He tries to burn LaVerne's attacker.
(d) He tries to save her.

9. Who is Lina to Richard Hagstrom?
(a) His sister.
(b) His daughter.
(c) His niece.
(d) His wife.

10. What happened to the first person to go through the jaunt?
(a) He went insane and was put in a sanitarium.
(b) He was turned inside out.
(c) He died.
(d) Nothing adverse.

11. At what location do Homer and the narrator for "Mrs. Todd's Shortcut" sit and swap stories?
(a) The gas station.
(b) The coffee shop.
(c) The general store.
(d) The local bar.

12. Where did the inventor of the jaunt make his discovery?
(a) In a laboratory.
(b) In a space station.
(c) In his kitchen.
(d) In a barn.

13. What happens after Hal throws the offending item into the lake?
(a) A fisherman saves it.
(b) Hal's sons die.
(c) All the fish die.
(d) Hal's sons are never seen again.

14. What type of band did the main character in "The Wedding Gig" play in?
(a) Country.
(b) Swing.
(c) Rock.
(d) Jazz.

15. What is "the jaunt"?
(a) A rocket ship.
(b) A super fast train.
(c) A type of teleportation.
(d) A chemical journey.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Richard realize about the word processor?

2. Who is Maureen?

3. What was Mrs. Todd obsessed with?

4. How must the passengers make the jaunt?

5. To what location do David, Billy, and the neighbor travel after the fog rolls in?

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