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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Darren find that he had dreamed about?
(a) Cars.
(b) Money.
(c) Toys.
(d) Animals.

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

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

4. What was Darren’s therapist’s response when Darren lost his job?
(a) He wanted to give Darren tools for managing his feelings.
(b) He was angry at the customer who got him fired.
(c) He was angry at Darren.
(d) He was angry at himself for not foreseeing him running into trouble.

5. What group was Jonathan’s brother joining at the time?
(a) The Young Republicans.
(b) The Black Panthers.
(c) The Extinction Rebellion.
(d) The Weather Underground.

6. What was Jonathan studying for his dissertation?
(a) Speech shadowing.
(b) Glossolalia.
(c) Music.
(d) Debate techniques.

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

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

9. What does Ziegler hear, once he can understand this language?
(a) Contempt.
(b) The voice of God.
(c) Affection.
(d) Endless questions.

10. What character in American literature does Jonathan compare his patient/film intern to?
(a) Leatherstocking.
(b) Bartleby.
(c) Billy Budd.
(d) Hester Prynne.

11. How does Jonathan characterize the Topeka Foundation?
(a) Locally famous.
(b) World famous.
(c) Infamous.
(d) Virtually unknown.

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

13. What drugs had Jonathan and Jane taken when they went to the Met?
(a) Cocaine.
(b) Acid.
(c) Mushrooms.
(d) Marijuana.

14. When were Jonathan and his first wife married?
(a) 1969.
(b) 1991.
(c) 1938.
(d) 1954.

15. What does Darren’s mother complain about?
(a) Darren’s stealing.
(b) Darren’s appetite.
(c) Darren's disrespect toward teachers.
(d) Darren’s lying.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the narrator say is from the town Adam goes to debate in?

2. Where does Darren say he feels safe?

3. What kind of gun did Darren have?

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

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

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