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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. To which of the following does the protagonist compare the unconscious mind?
(a) The spleen.
(b) The pancreas.
(c) The duodenum.
(d) The liver.

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

4. Which of the following books does the Kid reference?
(a) The Damp and the Angry.
(b) Juicy Mangoes.
(c) The Young and the Restless.
(d) The Pit and the Pendulum.

5. How long have the interlocutor and his wife been married?
(a) 11 years.
(b) 14 years.
(c) 17 years.
(d) 8 years.

6. Which mathematician does the protagonist reference in relation to ones and zeroes?
(a) Kummer.
(b) Cantor.
(c) Dedekind.
(d) Kronecker.

7. What is the name of the interlocutor’s wife?
(a) Edie.
(b) Edith.
(c) Edwina.
(d) Edna.

8. Which of the following does the protagonist note as a candidate for a root theory of mathematics?
(a) Newton’s third principle.
(b) Seldon’s psychohistory equations.
(c) Euclid’s fifth postulate.
(d) Hilbert’s second thesis.

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

10. Which of the following does the Kid note is featured in the Barnfowl Follies?
(a) The Cock from Montauk.
(b) The Hen from Red Glen.
(c) The Rooster from Worcester.
(d) The Chick from Passaic.

11. In what year does the protagonist’s family arrive at Ellis Island?
(a) 1848.
(b) 1838.
(c) 1868.
(d) 1858.

12. How far from ground zero at a nuclear test site had the protagonist’s father been?
(a) 6 kilometers.
(b) 10 miles.
(c) 10 kilometers.
(d) 6 miles.

13. What is the interlocutor’s daughter’s name?
(a) Ruth.
(b) Renee.
(c) Rachel.
(d) Rowena.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To which of the following does the protagonist compare herself?

2. From what hotel does the protagonist’s brother call her with news about their father?

3. How old does the protagonist note being when she first attempted smoking?

4. How many books does the protagonist estimate having read in her lifetime?

5. Which of the following do the interlocutor and his wife do?

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