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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In which of the following does the protagonist’s father die?
(a) Lake Tahoe.
(b) Juárez.
(c) El Paso.
(d) Knoxville.

2. How old does the protagonist note being when she first attempted smoking?
(a) 8.
(b) 7.
(c) 6.
(d) 9.

3. With which of the following does V end?
(a) “I don’t know. Yes. You will see me.”
(b) “Salvaged out of a bleak sea of the incomputable. Time’s up.”
(c) “Because that’s what people do when they’re waiting for the end of something.”
(d) “Oh. Yes. Of course.”

4. To which honkytonk does the protagonist note having gone?
(a) Gruene Hall.
(b) The Broken Spoke.
(c) Tootsies Orchid Lounge.
(d) The Moonlight Diner.

5. What is the title of the chapter in Spengler that attracts the protagonist’s attention?
(a) “Enumerating Infinity.”
(b) “The Meaning of Numbers.”
(c) “The Idea of Zero.”
(d) “Rise of the South.”

6. What scholar of quantum mechanics does the protagonist note thinking about?
(a) Zellinger.
(b) Bohm.
(c) Clauser.
(d) Aspect.

7. How many books a day, on average, does the protagonist report having read?
(a) 3.
(b) 1.
(c) 2.
(d) 0.

8. Which of the following made the protagonist’s violin?
(a) Amati.
(b) Guarneri.
(c) Stradivari.
(d) Da Salo.

9. Which of the following does the protagonist describe as a “southernism” (149)?
(a) Hitherto.
(b) Codswallop.
(c) Larrupin’.
(d) Codlock.

10. In what part of the brain does the protagonist posit the unconscious resides?
(a) Thalamus.
(b) Corpus callosum.
(c) Locus ceruleus.
(d) Amygdala.

11. What make of car does the protagonist’s brother buy?
(a) Peterson.
(b) Lotus.
(c) Cooper.
(d) Ford.

12. How old does the protagonist report being when she realized other people genuinely forget things?
(a) 6.
(b) 10.
(c) 12.
(d) 8.

13. Near what city does the protagonist note having wanted to live?
(a) Bratislava.
(b) Bucharest.
(c) Budapest.
(d) Belgrade.

14. Against whom does the protagonist rail in describing her regard for her brother?
(a) Malinowski.
(b) Westermarck.
(c) Spencer.
(d) Haeckel.

15. In what Kansas city is the protagonist asked if she is a sex worker?
(a) Kansas City.
(b) Wichita.
(c) Manhattan.
(d) Topeka.

Short Answer Questions

1. What show does the protagonist note the Kid discusses?

2. What is the interlocutor’s daughter’s name?

3. In what situation does the protagonist note having been in restraints?

4. In what year does the protagonist’s family arrive at Ellis Island?

5. Which of the following does the protagonist claim to be unable to escape?

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