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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Why does David's father's arm get stuck in the train door in Chapter 22?
(a) Because David's father moves too slow.
(b) Because David's father won't remove his arm.
(c) No one knows.
(d) Because of a malfunction with the train.

9. Where does Cusk run off to during a break in Chapter 27?
(a) The hallway.
(b) The basement.
(c) The parking lot.
(d) The bathroom.

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

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

12. In Chapter 23, what does the narrator describe?
(a) A book.
(b) A dream.
(c) A wish.
(d) A past memory.

13. Why is David's father in a rush to leave Libertyville in Chapter 22?
(a) He isn't in a rush to catch the train.
(b) He wants to avoid David's mother.
(c) He doesn't want to miss the train.
(d) He is nervous about being away from home.

14. Why does David's father put his arm in the train door in Chapter 22?
(a) Because he is angry.
(b) To let someone get off the train.
(c) To hold it open for David.
(d) It is an accident.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Chapter 25 take place?

2. Why does the Peoria REC rely on Martinsburg?

3. How does Lane Dean Jr. feel about his work in Chapter 33?

4. What does Chapter 25 describe?

5. In Chapter 24, what level does David say he was hired into the IRS as?

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