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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. Why do Tony and Hank both end up in jail after they leave the restaurant?
(a) For a home invasion.
(b) For passing bad checks earlier in the evening.
(c) For assaulting a policeman.
(d) For driving drunk.

2. What name does Hank's doctor give to the health issue Hank had earlier in the novel?
(a) Fibromyalgia.
(b) Hysterical prostate.
(c) A bladder infection.
(d) Gingivitis.

3. In the Epilogue, what has happened to Paul Rourke's wife?
(a) She is pregnant with Teddy Barnes' child.
(b) She has died in a freak car accident.
(c) She has gotten a job teaching at the college.
(d) She has left Paul.

4. What did his father notice about his lecture as he went out into the university hallway?
(a) It didn't help at all.
(b) He could remember the beginning and end but not the middle.
(c) That he remembered it, but it made no sense.
(d) He could remember it all.

5. As Hank heads to campus after the call about the dead bird, he thinks about his father-in-law. What are his feelings about his father-in-law?
(a) That he has always liked him but is not sure his father-in-law feels the same about Hank.
(b) He dislikes him.
(c) He wishes he knew him better.
(d) They get along great and have a lot in common.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Hank's wife respond to finding the photo of the woman in Tony's hot tub in his pocket?

2. What is the name of Hank's doctor?

3. How does Russell explain what happened between him and Hank's daughter?

4. When did Hank's father discover he couldn't lecture anymore?

5. Hank and Tony head off to their homes in separate cars. What does Hank end up thinking about?

Short Essay Questions

1. After going to his own office and speaking to his secretary, Hank heads to the Dean's (Jacob Rose) office. What does Hank do there and what kind of response does he get?

2. What does Hank notice as he leaves his mother in front of the Victorian house?

3. What are Hank's Prologues to Book One and Two about, and where are they published? What is his mother's reaction to his writing?

4. How does Hank sneak out of the building after his time in the ceiling? Who does he meet and what ensues?

5. Why was Hank's father offered such a desirable position?

6. What happened to Devereaux Sr. not long after arriving at his new post?

7. After Hank's calls from Lou and Teddy, Hank heads to campus but stops at the diner first. Who does he meet there and what does this individual tell Hank?

8. How did Devereaux Sr. attempt to cope with his problem?

9. Hank goes back to his office after seeing his mother on the street. What happens to him there and what does he immediately do?

10. Russell goes along to the party for Tony, and tries to get Tony's computer to work, without success. While this is going on, a large group of the professors get stuck in the room, and cannot seem to be able to figure out how to get out. What is Hank's observation on this?

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