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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 14, what does one interviewee say about getting reposted?
(a) Single men are reposted the most.
(b) Women are mainly reposted.
(c) The IRS only reposts people they dislike.
(d) Everyone wants to be reposted.

2. In Chapter 14, what rank do the prebriefer's have?
(a) GS-13.
(b) GS-10.
(c) GS-11.
(d) GS-12.

3. In Chapter 16, how does Lane feel toward his job?
(a) Excited.
(b) Scared.
(c) Powerful.
(d) Bored.

4. In Chapter 13, what does the character try to attribute his sweating to?
(a) Puberty.
(b) Nerves.
(c) Disease.
(d) Genetics.

5. In Chapter 9, what does the author say about the genre of this novel?
(a) That it will remind the reader of nonfiction.
(b) That it closely resembles a memoir.
(c) That it is literary fiction.
(d) That it is historical fiction.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the author identify the men in Chapter 3?

2. In Chapter 9, what does the author point out about televisions?

3. In Chapter 9, who does the author say did most of the editing of this novel?

4. How is Chapter 11 constructed?

5. What does the author say is a lie in Chapter 9?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the author talk about the dullness of the IRS in Chapter 9?

2. In Chapter 5, how is the boy described?

3. Why does Wallace have to watch the interviews in Chapter 14?

4. In Chapter 13, what problem does the main character suffer from?

5. What makes Claude happy in Chapter 2?

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

7. In Chapter 9, what does the author say about the first few pages of any book?

8. How do the characters in Chapter 18 react to Desk Names?

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

10. What is Stecyk's job in Chapter 14?

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