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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 32, who does the IRS examiner call?
(a) His cousin.
(b) His mother.
(c) His sister.
(d) His wife.

2. Who are the main characters of Chapter 31?
(a) IRS employees.
(b) People being audited by the IRS.
(c) People interviewing for jobs with the IRS.
(d) IRS supervisors.

3. What do the agents at Peoria REC call the product of Martinsburg?
(a) A problem.
(b) A case.
(c) A file.
(d) A card.

4. How much time passes in Chapter 25?
(a) It is unclear how much time passes.
(b) A few hours.
(c) About a day.
(d) About an hour.

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

6. How does Sylvanshine first talk to Reynolds in Chapter 30?
(a) Over the phone.
(b) Face to face.
(c) Through an interpreter.
(d) In a letter.

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

8. In Chapter 27, what do the officials of the Peoria REC say about the filings they look for to avoid calling them "profitable"?
(a) "Noncompliant".
(b) "Full of issues".
(c) "Money-ful".
(d) "Problematic".

9. In Chapter 24, what part of David's van ride does he describe the most?
(a) Sitting down next to Cusk.
(b) Turning onto the IRS property.
(c) Pulling away from his house.
(d) Stopping for food.

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

11. In Chapter 35, what worries the narrator?
(a) The stare of an infant.
(b) Manshardt's humming.
(c) A woman's footsteps.
(d) The ticking of a clock.

12. In Chapter 27, what does Cusk do during his break?
(a) Dries off with paper towels.
(b) Tries to take a nap.
(c) Falls down the stairs.
(d) Tries to escape the IRS meeting.

13. At the end of Cusk's training in Chapter 27, how does Cusk respond to the training?
(a) He seems to understand it.
(b) He starts to dislike it.
(c) He wants to become a trainer.
(d) He does not understand it.

14. What emotional reaction does the narrator say is not associated with phantoms in Chapter 26?
(a) Fear.
(b) Love.
(c) Peace.
(d) Panic.

15. In Chapter 30, who is Sylvanshine most interested in while talking with Reynolds?
(a) Himself.
(b) Reynolds.
(c) Lehrl.
(d) Glendenning.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 27, where does most of the REC revenue come from?

2. In Chapter 22, why does David go to Libertyville with his father?

3. In Chapter 26, which is the oldest phantom?

4. What does the narrator say Cusk is avoiding in Chapter 27?

5. In Chapter 24, who is the last person on the van once it arrives at the IRS building?

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