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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. What game does Nick play as he drives to St. Euthanasius in Chapter 10?
(a) He tries to find a Bee Gees song on the radio.
(b) He looks for him name mentioned on AM radio.
(c) He tries to make only left turns.
(d) He tries to lose his security detail.

2. Which of the following is an aspect that makes Polly Bailey particularly attractive?
(a) Her curvy figure.
(b) Her unusually large eyes.
(c) Her long legs.
(d) Her sexy rasp.

3. What does Bliss remember most clearly about Heather Holloway in Chapter 7?
(a) Her perfume.
(b) Her body.
(c) Her laugh.
(d) Her feet.

4. At the end of Chapter 5, how much money does Naylor say the Academy is committing to a campaign to stop underage smoking?
(a) One hundred thousand dollars.
(b) Five million dollars.
(c) Five hundred thousand dollars.
(d) One billion dollars.

5. In Chapter 9, what does Heather tell Nick is the topic of her article?
(a) The tobacco industry.
(b) Him.
(c) Faustian bargains.
(d) Public relations challenges.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Oprah treat Nick Naylor backstage in Chapter 5?

2. Which famous public figure recently had a sex scandal explode in the restaurant where Nick meets Heather Holloway in Chapter 9?

3. What is the topic of the story of the audience member who interrupts Nick Naylor at the conference in the Prologue?

4. According to Naylor in Chapter 4, what invention in movies popularized smoking in them?

5. What request from Nick does Polly turn down at the end of Chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Nick taken hostage in Chapter 11?

2. How does Oprah betray Naylor at the beginning of Chapter 5?

3. Why did Polly Baily join the Moderation Council?

4. What does the reader learn about Gazelle in Chapter 7?

5. What fire is Bobby Jay Bliss putting out in Chapter 2?

6. Why is USA Today trying to contact Naylor in Chapter 1?

7. How does the Academy respond to the death threat in Chapter 9?

8. How do the nico-terrorists in Chapter 11 attempt to kill Nick?

9. Describe the Captain.

10. What bad news does BR give Naylor at the end of Chapter 4?

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