View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 5, what has happened to the man's mother?
(a) She caught a terrible disease.
(b) She was in a car accident.
(c) She attempted suicide.
(d) She ran away from home.

2. In Chapter 9, what does the author point out about televisions?
(a) They are getting larger.
(b) They are everywhere.
(c) They are government run.
(d) They are frightening to him.

3. In Chapter 9, what does the author say is the IRS' biggest strength?
(a) Being educated.
(b) Being dull.
(c) Being a government agency.
(d) Being run by men.

4. What is revealed to be a joke in Chapter 14?
(a) The role of women in the IRS.
(b) The head of the IRS.
(c) Some previous IRS protocols.
(d) The previous president.

5. In the beginning Chapter 6, how old is Dean?
(a) An adult.
(b) A child.
(c) A teenager.
(d) A baby.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 13, what part of the character's body is not affected by the sweat attacks?

2. What type of interviews has Stecyk prepared in Chapter 14?

3. In Chapter 19, how are the speakers identified?

4. Why does Lowtis confront his neighbor in Chapter 20?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the purpose of Chapter 11?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What makes Claude happy in Chapter 2?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 715 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample