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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Lowtis feel in Chapter 20?
(a) Confused.
(b) Powerful.
(c) Happy.
(d) Abused.

2. How is Chapter 17 presented?
(a) As a quote.
(b) As a poem.
(c) As an interview.
(d) As a newspaper article.

3. Why does the author quote Mr. Glendenning in Chapter 9?
(a) As an authority figure.
(b) As a liar.
(c) As a fan.
(d) As a fellow writer.

4. Why does Claude speak to Merrill in Chapter 2?
(a) About a business disaster.
(b) About a financial crisis.
(c) About a hiring problem.
(d) About a safety flaw.

5. What does Chapter 4 consist of?
(a) A page from a play.
(b) A news article.
(c) A broadcast edit.
(d) A magazine cover.

6. In Chapter 14, what does one interviewee say about getting reposted?
(a) Everyone wants to be reposted.
(b) Women are mainly reposted.
(c) The IRS only reposts people they dislike.
(d) Single men are reposted the most.

7. What is Dean's main concern in Chapter 6?
(a) Money.
(b) Freedom.
(c) Religion.
(d) Education.

8. In Chapter 2, where is Claude reassigned?
(a) Michigan.
(b) Indiana.
(c) Ohio.
(d) Illinois.

9. At the end of Chapter 9, what does the author say is good at hiding things?
(a) People.
(b) Ugly things.
(c) Complicated things.
(d) Large things.

10. In Chapter 9, where does the author say he kept his notes for this novel?
(a) His wallet.
(b) In a secret safe.
(c) Notebooks.
(d) Computer files.

11. In Chapter 15, how are Claude's psychic moments described?
(a) As being annoying.
(b) As being harmful to his personal life.
(c) As being random.
(d) As being helpful in work.

12. In Chapter 5, what has happened to the man's mother?
(a) She caught a terrible disease.
(b) She attempted suicide.
(c) She ran away from home.
(d) She was in a car accident.

13. In Chapter 21, what does the interviewer seem most interested in?
(a) Getting out of work early.
(b) Making a new friend.
(c) Upholding tax law.
(d) Collecting money.

14. How does the author present the quoted interviews in Chapter 14?
(a) By date of birth.
(b) By last name.
(c) By social security number.
(d) There is no order.

15. In Chapter 14, what is the IRS revealed to have been in the past?
(a) A law enforcement agency.
(b) A minor subgroup of a different agency.
(c) A part of the defense organization.
(d) Nothing at all.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 2, what ranking does Reynolds hold?

2. What is the main topic of Chapter 11?

3. In Chapter 13, what part of the character's body is not affected by the sweat attacks?

4. Why does the author say he was given a new social security number?

5. What feeling does the author add to Mr. Glendenning's quote in Chapter 9?

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