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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 32, what does the IRS examiner ask someone to do over the phone?
(a) An impersonation.
(b) Tell a joke.
(c) Explain a problem.
(d) Sing.

2. What does David first talk about in the beginning of Chapter 22?
(a) Pop culture.
(b) Movies of the 1920s.
(c) War history.
(d) His family tree.

3. In Chapter 24, what level does David say he was hired into the IRS as?
(a) 9.
(b) 12.
(c) 11.
(d) 10.

4. Where does Chapter 25 take place?
(a) An examination room.
(b) An IRS vault.
(c) A civilian home.
(d) A state capitol.

5. What emotional reaction does the narrator say is not associated with phantoms in Chapter 26?
(a) Fear.
(b) Love.
(c) Panic.
(d) Peace.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 26, how many phantoms are discussed?

2. What do the agents at Peoria REC call the product of Martinsburg?

3. What is something the examiners discuss in Chapter 29?

4. Where does the narrator say Blumquist died?

5. What does Chapter 25 describe?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does David's father's arm get stuck in the train?

2. Why doesn't David exit the van in Chapter 24 with the other people?

3. Why does Sylvanshine talk to Reynolds over the phone in Chapter 30?

4. How do the IRS employees entertain themselves in Chapter 32?

5. In Chapter 27, what worries Cusk most about his training?

6. What are IRS phantoms?

7. In Chapter 22, why does David take a long time getting to the train?

8. Why does David feel he wasted his youth in Chapter 22?

9. In Chapter 22, what reason does David give for going to the IRS for a job?

10. How does David feel while Ms. Neti-Neti leads him into the IRS REC?

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