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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. In Chapter 10, who justifies the role of large organizations?
(a) The government.
(b) The organizations themselves.
(c) The author himself.
(d) No one.

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

5. How does the author represent questions during the interviews in Chapter 14?
(a) He replaced them with the letter Q.
(b) There is no representation of the questions.
(c) He puts all the questions in italics.
(d) He puts all the questions in bold.

6. What does Stecyk deliver in Chapter 12?
(a) Change of address cards.
(b) Business directories.
(c) Phone books.
(d) ZIP code books.

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

8. Why does the author say he was given a new social security number?
(a) Because he moved to a new country.
(b) He was not given a new social security number.
(c) Because he worked for the government.
(d) Because he lost his.

9. What title does Lane Dean Jr. have in Chapter 16?
(a) Examiner.
(b) Investigator.
(c) Agent.
(d) Chief.

10. How does Stecyk's neighbors react to him in Chapter 12?
(a) They are annoyed.
(b) They laugh at him.
(c) They are pleased.
(d) They run away from him.

11. In Chapter 14, what rank do the prebriefer's have?
(a) GS-13.
(b) GS-10.
(c) GS-11.
(d) GS-12.

12. In Chapter 13, what part of the character's body is not affected by the sweat attacks?
(a) His hair.
(b) His feet.
(c) No part is unaffected.
(d) His back.

13. In Chapter 19, how are the speakers identified?
(a) By social security number.
(b) By full name.
(c) By job title.
(d) Most of them are not identified.

14. In Chapter 14, what does one interviewee say was the basis of IRS agent performance review in the past?
(a) Their ability to pay their own taxes.
(b) The amount of money collected.
(c) The speed at which they finished returns.
(d) The amount of vacation days they did not take.

15. In Chapter 9, what year does the author say it is?
(a) 2006.
(b) 2003.
(c) 2004.
(d) 2005.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 18, how does Glendenning feel about Desk Names?

2. What is revealed to be a joke in Chapter 14?

3. What is the main topic of Chapter 11?

4. What does the author say is a lie in Chapter 9?

5. In Chapter 14, what is the IRS revealed to have been in the past?

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