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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many hand towels does Howie use to wash his face in the men's room?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 5.

2. What is the name of the publishing house of the book Howie reads on his lunch break?
(a) Random House.
(b) Simon and Schuster.
(c) Penguin.
(d) Knopf.

3. What color are the paperback classics that line Howie's windowsill in his apartment?
(a) White.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Blue.
(d) Black.

4. How much money does Howie decide to actually put towards his Visa bill?
(a) $200.
(b) $100.
(c) $50.
(d) $300.

5. Howie compares CVS to a _________.
(a) Therapist.
(b) Doctor.
(c) Diary.
(d) Medicine cabinet.

6. Who enters the bathroom, causing Howie to have urination issues?
(a) Don Vanci.
(b) Bill Swint.
(c) Les Guster.
(d) Alan Pilna.

7. How many times has Howie been in the situation of being too nervous to urinate in the men's room?
(a) 35.
(b) 15.
(c) 45.
(d) 25.

8. Howie discovers that the authors Lecky, Boswell and Gibbon loved ___________
(a) Milk.
(b) Escalators.
(c) Footnotes.
(d) Paper towels.

9. What is the song someone is whistling in the men's bathroom?
(a) "I'm a Yankee Doodle Dandy."
(b) "Tradition."
(c) "Clementine."
(d) "I Knew an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly."

10. What skill is Howie particularly proud of?
(a) Stepping on the escalator.
(b) Stapling documents.
(c) Smiling.
(d) Toasting bread.

11. What word is Howie staring at as he stands at the urinal?
(a) Eljer.
(b) Sealtest.
(c) Moen.
(d) Kohler.

12. What does Howie think would be a fun job?
(a) Cleaning escalators.
(b) Mail man.
(c) Riding trains.
(d) Doctor.

13. What does Howie consider to be an honor to use in the corporate bathroom?
(a) Soap dispensers.
(b) Paper towel dispenser.
(c) Urinals.
(d) Hot air hand dryer.

14. What does Howie discuss in his last footnote in Chapter 13?
(a) Dust bunnies.
(b) Soap.
(c) Coin rolls.
(d) Cash registers.

15. What does Howie do with the last ten minutes of his lunch break?
(a) Sun bathe.
(b) Replace shoelaces.
(c) Chat with friends.
(d) Read.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many trees does Howie notice in the plaza?

2. What does Howie use as a bookmark for the book he reads at lunch?

3. At age twenty-five, what percentage of Howie's thoughts are adult?

4. What vending machine did Howie mourn the loss of?

5. At the beginning of Chapter 12, Howie says he is standing in a _______ pose on the escalator.

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