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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. At the end of Chapter 9, what does the author question?
(a) The presence of silence.
(b) The secrecy of men.
(c) The hidden motivations of people.
(d) The role of government.

2. In Chapter 9, where does the author say he kept his notes for this novel?
(a) Notebooks.
(b) Computer files.
(c) His wallet.
(d) In a secret safe.

3. How does the author represent questions during the interviews in Chapter 14?
(a) He puts all the questions in bold.
(b) He puts all the questions in italics.
(c) He replaced them with the letter Q.
(d) There is no representation of the questions.

4. How does Lowtis feel in Chapter 20?
(a) Powerful.
(b) Happy.
(c) Abused.
(d) Confused.

5. What is the main topic of Chapter 11?
(a) Illness associated with working for the IRS.
(b) Dangers caused by infectious disease.
(c) Side effects of medicine.
(d) Physical violence in government workers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is revealed to be a joke in Chapter 14?

2. How does the author describe the man in Chapter 5?

3. Why does Claude speak to Merrill in Chapter 2?

4. In Chapter 10, who justifies the role of large organizations?

5. In Chapter 2, where does Claude allude to previously working?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In the beginning of this novel, how does Claude feel about his job?

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

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

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

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

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

8. Why does Dean marry Sheri in Chapter 6?

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

10. How does Stecyk change from Chapter 12 to Chapter 14?

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