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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, when Kline picks up Bobby, why does he motion to Bobby to be silent?
(a) Kline thinks his car might be bugged with audio surveillance equipment.
(b) Kline likes to save conversation for dinner.
(c) Kline is in the middle of a conversation with someone on his carphone.
(d) Kline is concentrating on another missing person's case.

2. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 6, what does Bobby tell Kline that he finds in the woods when Bobby is 13?
(a) A tiger that escaped from the zoo.
(b) A cave with a sleeping bear inside.
(c) A young boy running with a pack of stray dogs.
(d) A crashed racing plane.

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?
(a) An injured dog.
(b) A man stuck in car.
(c) Several suit cases with clothing spilling out of them.
(d) A cow with a goat standing on it.

4. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 6, what did Kline's parrot do in the carnival?
(a) Flew through a maze.
(b) Rode a bicycle on a wire.
(c) Juggled handkerchiefs.
(d) Balanced a ball on his beak.

5. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 7, why does John say that he is in a brown study?
(a) Tulsa has left.
(b) John is broke.
(c) John's boots were stolen.
(d) John's parole officer broke up with him.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 5, where do Bobby and John go to have lunch?

2. In the italicized section of Chapter 6, what is in the old steamer trunk that is in the chicken house?

3. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 5, what animal does John see at the Absinthe House a while back?

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

5. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 7, who does Bobby visit with when he visits the hospital?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who shows up in the girl's recovery room? How do they look? What is the girl's response?

2. 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?

3. Who does Bobby meet after talking to the guys in suits again?

4. What does the IRS agent at the post office say is the reason for the IRS becoming involved in Bobby's life?

5. In the opening of the non-italicized section of Chapter 6, where is Bobby and what is he doing?

6. After recounting his time in Eastern State, why does John say that he is somewhat reluctant about Tulsa being back in his life?

7. Why does Bobby go back Wartburg, Tennessee after his conversation with Asher?

8. In the italicized section of Chapter 5, why does Bobby change his major from math to physics?

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

10. 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?

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