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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Howie when he would deliberately leave his shoes untied on escalators?
(a) College.
(b) Elementary school.
(c) High school.
(d) Adulthood.

2. What does Howie call his observation about the different speeds of the escalator handrail and steps?
(a) Slopage.
(b) Shrinkage.
(c) Shortage.
(d) Slippage.

3. What does Howie imagine exploding in space in Chapter 12?
(a) Car.
(b) Rocket.
(c) Apple.
(d) Popcorn.

4. Howie compares the grooves on the escalator steps to those one __________.
(a) Roads.
(b) Train tracks.
(c) Shades.
(d) Records.

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

6. What job does Howie speculate that he will not be able to stand?
(a) Checking passports.
(b) Mail man.
(c) Cleaning escalators.
(d) Doctor.

7. What record does Howie describe listening to and cleaning with his family?
(a) My Fair Lady.
(b) Fiddler on the Roof.
(c) Annie.
(d) The Sound of Music.

8. What is the name of the second theory Howie has about his broken shoelaces?
(a) Pull-fray model.
(b) Daily pull model.
(c) Pulled too hard model.
(d) Daily fray model.

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

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

11. What did Howie hope the new shoelaces were made of?
(a) Polyester.
(b) Silk.
(c) Synthetics.
(d) Cotton.

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

13. What kind of classics does Howie like to read?
(a) Adventure.
(b) War.
(c) Romance.
(d) Philosophy.

14. Howie says eyebrows rise reflexively when people do what?
(a) Sneeze.
(b) Tell a lie.
(c) Bring an object to toward their face.
(d) Laugh.

15. What term does Howie give for the reoccurring of thoughts?
(a) Reductionality
(b) Processicity.
(c) Repititionality.
(d) Periodicity.

Short Answer Questions

1. What invention does Howie praise lavishly while visiting the corporate bathroom?

2. What does Howie imagine the women doing in the corporate bathroom?

3. How many times has Howie been in the situation of being too nervous to urinate in the men's room?

4. Howie desires to gain a encyclopedic knowledge of the relationship between _______.

5. What product in the CVS does Howie consider to reflect different social cultures?

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