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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. How does Claude's ranking compare with Reynold's ranking in Chapter 2?
(a) They are ranked differently and can't be compared.
(b) Claude's is lower.
(c) Claude's is the same.
(d) Claude's is higher.

2. In Chapter 14, what does one interviewee say was the basis of IRS agent performance review in the past?
(a) The amount of vacation days they did not take.
(b) Their ability to pay their own taxes.
(c) The speed at which they finished returns.
(d) The amount of money collected.

3. How is Chapter 11 constructed?
(a) As a list.
(b) As a script.
(c) As a case study.
(d) As an interview.

4. In Chapter 18, how does Glendenning feel about Desk Names?
(a) He created them.
(b) He doesn't allow them.
(c) He fears them.
(d) He supports them.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Dean's main concern in Chapter 6?

3. In Chapter 15, what opinion does the narrator have about Claude's psychic ability?

4. What are Desk Names, as defined in Chapter 18?

5. In the beginning Chapter 6, how old is Dean?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the author claim this novel is memoir in Chapter 9?

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

3. How is Chapter 9 different from the rest of the chapters in this novel?

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

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

6. What makes Chapter 4 different from Chapters 1-3?

7. What makes Claude happy in Chapter 2?

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

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

10. What makes Chapter 20 confusing in the construction of this novel?

(see the answer keys)

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