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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Adam when he had his picture taken with Bob Dole?
(a) 15.
(b) 18.
(c) 16.
(d) 17.

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

3. How does Jonathan see his dissertation research putting him in Ziegler’s position?
(a) He has revealed the underlying chaos in language.
(b) He has revealed the pervasive hostility in language.
(c) He has documented the animalistic subtext to language.
(d) He has exposed the grudging psychology that uses language for its ends.

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

5. What was it that moved Jonathan in Duccio’s Madonna and Child?
(a) The image of Mary’s face.
(b) The angels’ faces.
(c) The candle burns on the frame.
(d) The realistic representation of baby Jesus.

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

7. How does the narrator say Darren sees life?
(a) As a video game.
(b) As a roller rink.
(c) As a zoo.
(d) As a dance.

8. Where was Jane giving a lecture when her friendship with Sima fell apart?
(a) The Kennedy Center.
(b) The 92nd Street Y.
(c) Washburn University.
(d) The Topeka Foundation.

9. What does the narrator say Darren would use to ward off insults?
(a) Chants.
(b) Magic.
(c) Curses.
(d) Acting.

10. What does Darren like about Stan at the Surplus store?
(a) His talk about violence and women.
(b) His food and drink.
(c) His lessons about life.
(d) His instructions in fixing things.

11. What took Adam to see Dr. Erwood?
(a) Depression.
(b) A concussion.
(c) An outburst of violence.
(d) A suicide attempt.

12. Where did Darren have a job?
(a) A junkyard.
(b) An Army surplus store.
(c) An auto repair shop.
(d) A grocery store.

13. What did Jonathan and Jane leave at the museum when they left?
(a) The books they had bought.
(b) Their wallets.
(c) Their lunch.
(d) Their coats.

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

15. What is Adam’s specialty in debate?
(a) Breadth of knowledge.
(b) Research.
(c) Cross examination.
(d) Framing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Darren find that he had dreamed about?

2. Where is Ziegler carted away to, at the end of the story?

3. What did Darren see as a metaphor for the barrier between waking and sleeping?

4. What did Darren’s friends want him to do with Mandy?

5. What does Darren’s mother complain about?

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