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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What leads Thorpe's wife to become frightened of him?
(a) Thorpe's violence.
(b) Thorpe's rage.
(c) Thorpe's insecurities.
(d) Thorpe's paranoia.

2. What items got Gramma fired from her job?
(a) Pills.
(b) Religious statuary.
(c) Coins.
(d) Books.

3. Who is said to be a part of the legend associated with the looking glass?
(a) The English Duchess.
(b) A Pennsylvania rug merchant.
(c) All answers are correct.
(d) The Bates boy.

4. What other item does the milkman add to his delivery?
(a) All of the answers are correct.
(b) Belladonna.
(c) Cyanide gas.
(d) Acid gel.

5. Who follows Rocky and Leo as they leave the garage?
(a) None of the answers is correct.
(b) Bobby.
(c) The milkman.
(d) A cop.

6. What does Quentin see when he enters Uncle Otto's house after buying groceries for him?
(a) He sees the spirit of McCutchson killing Uncle Otto.
(b) Uncle Otto is dead, full of oil, and a spark plug is in his throat.
(c) He sees the truck in Uncle Otto's room.
(d) Uncle Otto has gone mad.

7. Where are Nona and the narrator heading?
(a) Castle Rock.
(b) Eastport.
(c) Belfast.
(d) Bangor.

8. Who are Rand and Shapiro in "Beachworld"?
(a) Soldiers sent to conquer Beachworld.
(b) All of the answers are correct.
(c) The leaders of a beachlike planet.
(d) The only two survivors of a plane crash.

9. Whom does the narrator kill while with Nona?
(a) The driver who picked them up.
(b) A good Samaritan.
(c) A cop.
(d) All answers are correct.

10. What is the main character in "Nona" trying to figure out?
(a) What he did to get so lucky.
(b) His reasons for committing murder.
(c) Why his life has been so charmed.
(d) His path to riches.

11. What reasoning does Henry give for not shaking hands?
(a) He doesn't like to touch people.
(b) Travels in Bombay.
(c) His hands are deformed.
(d) He is ill.

12. Why does Quentin think Uncle Otto is hallucinating about McCutchson's truck?
(a) Because Otto thinks McCutchson is haunting him.
(b) Because Otto is going mad.
(c) Because Quentin thinks Otto killed McCutchson with the truck.
(d) Because Otto has intense guilt about his partner's demise.

13. In what room of the museum is the looking glass kept?
(a) The special exhibition room.
(b) The attic.
(c) The upper floor gables room.
(d) The courtesan library.

14. What is hanging on the blood covered meat hook in the milkman's truck?
(a) A human hand.
(b) A chunk of unidentifiable flesh.
(c) An air freshener.
(d) A cb radio.

15. How did Henry kill himself?
(a) Overdose.
(b) By shaking hands with himself.
(c) Electrocution.
(d) Hanging.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the dog that gave Henry his paw to shake?

2. How many people are celebrating in "The Ballad of the Flexible Bullet"?

3. What does the milkman place on the empty chocolate milk container at the McCarthy home?

4. In "The Ballad of the Flexible Bullet," what does the party group begin to discuss?

5. What does Richard lack in "Survivor Type"?

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