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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Claude's ranking compare with Reynold's ranking in Chapter 2?
(a) They are ranked differently and can't be compared.
(b) Claude's is higher.
(c) Claude's is the same.
(d) Claude's is lower.

2. Why does Stecyk appear trustworthy in Chapter 12?
(a) His father is with him.
(b) He doesn't appear trusthworthy.
(c) He has legitimate materials from the post office.
(d) He is wearing a suit.

3. In the beginning Chapter 6, how old is Dean?
(a) A teenager.
(b) An adult.
(c) A baby.
(d) A child.

4. In Chapter 14, why does the narrator say some people are able to speak from the heart during their interviews?
(a) They are naturals.
(b) They have better interviewers.
(c) They are trained actors.
(d) No one gives an interview from the heart.

5. Why is the taxpayer being interviewed in Chapter 21?
(a) To play a trick on them.
(b) To get them to pay taxes.
(c) To confuse them.
(d) To return money to them.

6. In Chapter 16, how does Lane feel toward his job?
(a) Scared.
(b) Excited.
(c) Bored.
(d) Powerful.

7. How are the interviews in Chapter 14 described?
(a) Russian.
(b) Barbaric.
(c) Greek.
(d) Spartan.

8. What is described in Chapter 10?
(a) Influential literature.
(b) The IRS.
(c) Bureaucratic systems.
(d) Government hierarchy.

9. In Chapter 3, how many men are in the car?
(a) Three.
(b) Four.
(c) One.
(d) Two.

10. At the end of Chapter 9, what does the author question?
(a) The presence of silence.
(b) The hidden motivations of people.
(c) The secrecy of men.
(d) The role of government.

11. What year is given to the interview files in Chapter 14?
(a) 1984.
(b) 1964.
(c) 1974.
(d) 1994.

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

13. How does Chapter 1 explain the plot of this novel?
(a) It creates a strong setting.
(b) It doesn't.
(c) It describes the main characters.
(d) It discusses the major themes.

14. How old is the character who sweats in Chapter 13?
(a) 16.
(b) 14.
(c) 26.
(d) 12.

15. In Chapter 13, what happens when the character tries to hide his sweating?
(a) He doesn't even try to hide the sweating.
(b) It works.
(c) It works about half of the time.
(d) It makes it worse.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Desk Names, as defined in Chapter 18?

2. How does the author describe the man in Chapter 5?

3. In Chapter 2, where is Claude reassigned?

4. In Chapter 6, what upsets Dean most about his relationship with his girlfriend?

5. In Chapter 19, what is one main reason given for the problems of America?

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