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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. In Chapter 22, why does David say he switched colleges often?
(a) He wanted to be closer to home.
(b) He couldn't afford them.
(c) He kept changing his major.
(d) He was kicked out of them.

4. How does David know where to go at the IRS REC building in Chapter 24?
(a) David doesn't know where to go.
(b) He asks Cusk where to go.
(c) He reads a map.
(d) He follows a woman with his name on a card.

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

6. In Chapter 22, what makes David interested in tax and tax law?
(a) The advice of his mother.
(b) His father's death.
(c) From sitting in on the wrong class at college.
(d) An article in the newspaper.

7. In Chapter 30, where does Sylvanshine get the facts from that he shares with Reynolds?
(a) From his boss.
(b) He tells Reynolds lies.
(c) A file he stole.
(d) His psychic ability.

8. In Chapter 22, who does David blame his parents' divorce on?
(a) No one.
(b) His mother.
(c) Himself.
(d) His father.

9. In Chapter 24, what does David notice as he walks through the IRS REC building?
(a) Leaky pipes.
(b) Broken light bulbs.
(c) Outdated equipment.
(d) Locked doors.

10. Why does Cusk avoid looking at the woman who sits near him in Chapter 27?
(a) He doesn't want to talk to her.
(b) He doesn't avoid looking at the woman.
(c) He thinks he knows her.
(d) He isn't allowed to talk to anyone.

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

12. In Chapter 30, what example of outdated material does Sylvanshine talk about with Reynolds?
(a) Adding machines.
(b) Push carts.
(c) Wall computers.
(d) Punch cards.

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

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

15. In Chapter 24, what level does David say he was hired into the IRS as?
(a) 9.
(b) 12.
(c) 10.
(d) 11.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter 31, what do the people wait for?

3. What is something the examiners discuss in Chapter 29?

4. In Chapter 27, where does Cusk sit?

5. Where does David say he lived after he was hired by the IRS?

(see the answer keys)

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