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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose voice is asking the reader to explain what led to the picture of Adam with Bob Dole?
(a) A police officer.
(b) A parent.
(c) A therapist.
(d) A student.

2. Where would Darren put the things he had dreamed about and found?
(a) In a painted box he kept.
(b) In the big pockets of his cargo pants.
(c) In a duffel bag.
(d) Under his bed.

3. Where does Darren say he feels safe?
(a) In tunnels of brush.
(b) In his house.
(c) In Jonathan’s office.
(d) Nowhere.

4. What does Darren say has been hanging in space all his life?
(a) The sun.
(b) His mother’s face.
(c) A knife.
(d) A cue ball.

5. What does the narrator say is the result of the spread?
(a) Drivel.
(b) Labyrinths of logic.
(c) Insight.
(d) Non sequiturs.

6. 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) Two days before the trip.
(d) At the airport.

7. What was the first instance Jane recalled of watching herself ignore her own knowledge?
(a) Burying her memory of her father’s abuse.
(b) Reading during her graduate studies, which she did not realize she identified with.
(c) Neglecting to buy airline tickets.
(d) Learning that her painted tissue box was a lie.

8. What issue did the Westboro Baptist Church protest?
(a) Abortion.
(b) Homosexuality.
(c) Government regulations.
(d) War.

9. Where is Ziegler carted away to, at the end of the story?
(a) An insane asylum.
(b) A zoo.
(c) A police station.
(d) A hospital.

10. What is the model of the bike Darren rides?
(a) A Bianchi Speedster.
(b) A Huffy TrailMaster.
(c) A Raleigh Diplomat.
(d) A Schwinn Predator.

11. Who of Adams friends and family could he recognize by name after his concussion?
(a) Jane.
(b) Jason.
(c) Jonathan.
(d) Sima.

12. What real-life events did Jonathan’s therapist see in his feelings about the Ziegler story?
(a) His parents’ death.
(b) His son’s birth.
(c) His wife’s illness.
(d) His marital indiscretion.

13. Where does Ziegler find the pill he ultimately swallows in the story?
(a) A museum.
(b) On the street.
(c) A junk shop.
(d) A zoo.

14. What does Adam say spreads Americans?
(a) Highways.
(b) The 24-hour news cycle.
(c) Manipulative ads.
(d) Smartphones.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator characterize the spread in debate?

2. How does the narrator say Bob Dole spoke at the high school debate tournament?

3. Why did Darren lose his job?

4. When were Jonathan and his first wife married?

5. What did Jonathan ask his subjects to do for his dissertation research?

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