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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 21, what does the interviewer seem most interested in?
(a) Getting out of work early.
(b) Collecting money.
(c) Upholding tax law.
(d) Making a new friend.

2. In Chapter 10, who justifies the role of large organizations?
(a) No one.
(b) The government.
(c) The author himself.
(d) The organizations themselves.

3. In Chapter 2, where does Claude allude to previously working?
(a) New York City.
(b) Boston.
(c) Philadelphia.
(d) Washington D.C.

4. What title does Lane Dean Jr. have in Chapter 16?
(a) Investigator.
(b) Agent.
(c) Chief.
(d) Examiner.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 9, where does the author say he kept his notes for this novel?

2. In Chapter 9, what does the author say about financial gain relating to this novel?

3. In Chapter 9, who does the author blame for problems with editing this novel?

4. In Chapter 13, what does the character try to attribute his sweating to?

5. Who is meant to review the interviews in Chapter 14?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the girl and her mother get away in Chapter 8?

2. What types of information does the author provide via interview in Chapter 14?

3. How is Claude's psychic ability described in Chapter 15?

4. While describing Stecyk in Chapter 12, what does the narrator comment on about the boy's future?

5. In Chapter 10, how does the author explain the existence of the bureaucratic systems he describes?

6. In Chapter 5, what has happened to the boy's mother?

7. In Chapter 19, what seems to be the favored solution to what is wrong with America?

8. What makes Claude happy in Chapter 2?

9. What does Stecyk try to do in Chapter 12?

10. How could the interview in Chapter 21 be described?

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