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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 the non-italicized section of Chapter 7, what happens when Bobby tries to access his safe deposit box?
(a) The contents have been seized by the IRS.
(b) Bobby open the box and finds a letter from Oiler inside.
(c) Bobby takes the gold coins and his sister's letter from the safe deposit box.
(d) There is someone else who claims that the safe deposit box actually belongs to them and not Bobby.

2. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 5, what animal does John see at the Absinthe House a while back?
(a) A three toed sloth
(b) A hairy-eared dwarf lemur.
(c) A Tongan chimp.
(d) A two-legged dog.

3. In the italicized section of Chapter 5, what is the girl's doctor's proper name?
(a) Henderson.
(b) Chetworth.
(c) Trask.
(d) Hardwick.

4. To whom does Bobby try writing letters during the winter while he is on leave from New Orleans?
(a) His sister.
(b) His father.
(c) His mother.
(d) Kline.

5. Why does Kline that Bobby does not want to open his sister's last letter to Bobby?
(a) He knows the letter is a love letter and he cannot acknowledge that love.
(b) He knows the letter is accusatory and he cannot face accusations from his sister.
(c) Because then Bobby will know everything there is to know and the story will be over.
(d) He knows the letter will direct him to do something he does not want to do.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who calls John while he is recovering in Chapter 8?

2. In the italicized section of Chapter 8, what is the bar called where the girl gets a job?

3. In Chapter 8, what does Bobby see on the side of the road in a ditch when he is driving back from where he was during the winter?

4. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 6, what is Kline's profession?

5. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 7, what does the agent at the post office say about Bobby's passport?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the IRS do to Bobby?

2. What is in the trunk that the Kid brings into the girl's room?

3. Why does the girl go to the hospital? Is her visit to the hospital successful?

4. Who visits Bobby while he is living alone in a shack by the beach? Why does the person who visits Bobby say that he is there?

5. After Bobby returns from Tucson and meets up with Kline, why does Bobby say that he cannot get on with his life?

6. What does Kline think is happening to Bobby in regard to Bobby doing dumb things?

7. After Bobby's meeting with the IRS agent, he meets up with Kline. What does Kline say about the shape of his own life and how is that a contrast to Bobby's life?

8. What does the girl say to the Kid about why she does not write down her mathematical conjectures?

9. What happens to Bobby's pet while Bobby is away on the jack-up rig? How does it happen?

10. In the italicized section of Chapter 5, what does the Kid tell the girl about math and reality before she goes to bed?

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