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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does David say happened to his mother in 1971?
(a) She had a nervous breakdown.
(b) She asked his father for a divorce.
(c) She moved away from his family.
(d) She started working a job.

2. How does Sylvanshine describe examinations to Reynolds in Chapter 30?
(a) The amount of time they take.
(b) The emotions that occur during them.
(c) The money they create.
(d) The process that takes place.

3. In Chapter 31, what do the people wait for?
(a) Glendenning to arrive.
(b) A ride to the IRS office.
(c) The work day to end.
(d) A phone call from the IRS.

4. In Chapter 27, what is David trained to do?
(a) Create new forms.
(b) Paper processing jobs.
(c) Jobs relating to people.
(d) Highly technical jobs.

5. What happens when David sits next to Cusk on the IRS van?
(a) They are crammed closed together.
(b) They ignore each other.
(c) He falls off the seat.
(d) Cusk opens the window.

6. In Chapter 30, what stands out most to Sylvanshine about Glendenning?
(a) His recent promotion.
(b) The amount of money he makes.
(c) The effectiveness of his team members.
(d) His relationship with Lehrl.

7. What role does Manshardt have with the IRS?
(a) File clerk.
(b) Group manager.
(c) Supervising agent.
(d) Childcare worker.

8. What does Chapter 34 consist of?
(a) IRS return codes.
(b) IRS penalties.
(c) IRS formulas.
(d) IRS form numbers.

9. In Chapter 24, what does David note about the van that picks him up?
(a) It had bullet proof windows.
(b) It was a tax seizure.
(c) It was all black.
(d) It was a new model.

10. Why does David present information about his childhood in Chapter 22?
(a) Because he says someone asked him.
(b) He doesn't give a reason.
(c) To explain why he is who is he is today.
(d) To explain his relationship with his father.

11. In Chapter 22, what does David say was his drug of choice when he was younger?
(a) Prescription drugs.
(b) Chemical stimulants.
(c) Alcohol.
(d) Marijuana.

12. Where does the narrator say Blumquist died?
(a) At home.
(b) At his desk.
(c) In the middle of an examination.
(d) In a car.

13. What form does the narrator of Chapter 22 claim to use?
(a) Rhyming poetry.
(b) Historical fiction.
(c) Biography.
(d) Autobiography.

14. What does David see Stecyk do at the end of Chapter 24?
(a) Stealing money from a vault.
(b) Trying to conform another worker.
(c) Sleeping on the floor.
(d) Beating someone in his office.

15. In Chapter 26, which is the oldest phantom?
(a) Spiegel.
(b) Trekkor.
(c) Blumquist.
(d) Garrity.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 32, what does the IRS examiner ask someone to do over the phone?

2. What does Chapter 25 describe?

3. What emotional reaction does the narrator say is not associated with phantoms in Chapter 26?

4. In Chapter 30, who is Sylvanshine most interested in while talking with Reynolds?

5. How does Sylvanshine first talk to Reynolds in Chapter 30?

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