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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. What do the agents at Peoria REC call the product of Martinsburg?
(a) A problem.
(b) A file.
(c) A case.
(d) A card.

2. What is something the examiners discuss in Chapter 29?
(a) Local politics.
(b) Running from the police.
(c) College hazing.
(d) Healthy eating.

3. In Chapter 23, what does the narrator describe?
(a) A dream.
(b) A book.
(c) A past memory.
(d) A wish.

4. In Chapter 22, what makes David interested in tax and tax law?
(a) His father's death.
(b) An article in the newspaper.
(c) The advice of his mother.
(d) From sitting in on the wrong class at college.

5. Who are the main characters of Chapter 31?
(a) People interviewing for jobs with the IRS.
(b) IRS employees.
(c) People being audited by the IRS.
(d) IRS supervisors.

Short Answer Questions

1. What emotional reaction does the narrator say is not associated with phantoms in Chapter 26?

2. In Chapter 24, what does David notice as he walks through the IRS REC building?

3. In Chapter 22, why does David say he grew up knowing some tax laws?

4. How does Sylvanshine describe examinations to Reynolds in Chapter 30?

5. How does Lane Dean Jr. feel about his work in Chapter 33?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are IRS phantoms?

2. In Chapter 22, what details does David give to explain his parents' divorce?

3. In Chapter 27, what reason is given for possibly not conducting an audit?

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

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

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

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

8. How do IRS workers know of the phantoms?

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

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

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