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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Jane’s recollection, when did she discover she failed to purchase airline tickets for her trip?
(a) The night before the trip.
(b) On the way to the airport.
(c) At the airport.
(d) Two days before the trip.

2. What was the first thing Darren’s powers supposedly manifested?
(a) A tornado.
(b) A floorboard creaking.
(c) A car accident.
(d) A rainstorm.

3. Where was Adam’s photo with Bob Dole displayed?
(a) In Bob Dole’s campaign literature.
(b) On the Russell high school website.
(c) On his high school’s message board.
(d) On the front page of the local paper.

4. What story does Amber tell Adam, when he finds her?
(a) About competing in a debate tournament.
(b) About looking for him in a crowd.
(c) About sneaking away from her father while he was still talking.
(d) About drinking with her friends at a lake.

5. Where does Jane say her abuse took place?
(a) In her parents’ house.
(b) On a train.
(c) On a trip.
(d) In a hotel.

6. What does Adam say these figures can trigger?
(a) Vomiting.
(b) Cancer.
(c) Seizures.
(d) Psychotic hallucinations

7. What is the spread in debate?
(a) A technique for misleading opponents’ arguments.
(b) A technique for picking apart opponents’ arguments.
(c) A technique for scoring points by speaking at high speeds.
(d) A technique for refuting opponents’ arguments through inference.

8. How does the narrator say Bob Dole spoke at the high school debate tournament?
(a) Fluently.
(b) Patriotically.
(c) Extemporaneously.
(d) Haltingly.

9. Who does Jane say was the first person to get her see the knowledge she might have been hiding from herself?
(a) Sima.
(b) Eric.
(c) Jonathan.
(d) Adam.

10. How did Darren believe he acquired magic powers?
(a) By kissing a girl.
(b) By rubbing poison ivy.
(c) By entering a dark cave.
(d) By repeating a chant.

11. How does the narrator characterize the spread in debate?
(a) Radical.
(b) A commonplace.
(c) A violation of rules.
(d) Controversial.

12. What is Darren drinking in the opening chapter?
(a) Wine.
(b) Water.
(c) Beer.
(d) Soda.

13. What was Dr. Erwood’s specialty at the Topeka Foundation?
(a) Talk therapy.
(b) Psychopharmacology.
(c) Psychophysiology.
(d) Recuperating lost boys.

14. What is Adam’s relationship with Joanna?
(a) She is his lab partner in chemistry.
(b) She is his debate partner.
(c) She is his neighbor.
(d) She is his girlfriend.

15. What topic is Adam debating in Russell High School?
(a) Juvenile crime.
(b) Mexico.
(c) Liberal democracy.
(d) The Middle East.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Darren like about Stan at the Surplus store?

2. To whom is the chapter titled “Men” addressed?

3. How long does the narrator say it will take Adam to see the connection between Amber’s story and her actions?

4. What caused Jane to start to receive obscene and threatening phone calls?

5. What does Darren’s mother complain about?

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