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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the “Nowak Carter Gordon Davis types” treat Darren when he hung out with them?
(a) They mocked him and got him drunk.
(b) They asked him to tell them his stories.
(c) They insulted him.
(d) They treated him like a pet dog.

2. How did Jane defuse Adam’s meltdown when he could not reach his girlfriend?
(a) She told him she loved him.
(b) She reminded him of his accomplishments.
(c) She said the connection was bad.
(d) She asked him about the purple cow.

3. Who else does Jonathan say was committing a sexual sin at the time when he paid for a sex act at the bath house?
(a) His father’s boss.
(b) His father.
(c) Donna Selkie.
(d) His mother.

4. What environment does the narrator say Darren’s camouflage pants helped him disappear into?
(a) Topeka suburbs.
(b) Kansas plains.
(c) American empire.
(d) Kansas society.

5. Where did Darren get a drink on his walk home?
(a) A hose outside a house.
(b) A McDonalds.
(c) A glass inside someone’s house.
(d) A convenience store.

6. How did Sima’s relationship with Eric begin?
(a) Eric was Sima’s patient.
(b) Eric’s girlfriend was jealous of her.
(c) Eric proposed to her on their first date.
(d) They were in graduate school together.

7. What was Jane told made her Christmas gift special?
(a) It was painted by trained animals.
(b) It was created specifically for her.
(c) It was one of a kind.
(d) It was made for her in particular.

8. What was unique about the box Klaus gave Adam after Adam’s concussion?
(a) It had a false bottom.
(b) It belonged to him before the Holocaust.
(c) It was imported from Iran.
(d) It had been painted by animals.

9. What was it that changed Jonathan’s relationship with Sima?
(a) Jane’s book.
(b) Adam’s concussion.
(c) Eric’s travel.
(d) His research.

10. How does Jonathan characterize the sound of adults’ voices while his family lived abroad?
(a) Like a constant alarm going off.
(b) Like the sound of unintelligible foreign languages.
(c) Like the sound of the trombone for the teacher’s voice in Peanuts.
(d) Like the sound of lowball classes clinking with ice and alcohol.

11. How does the reader learn that Darren’s directional instincts were wrong?
(a) The narrator tells us.
(b) Darren tells the reader directly.
(c) Passing hunters tell him.
(d) Darren discovers it.

12. When Adam understood the language of products, what did he understand them to be saying?
(a) That they desired him.
(b) That they loathed him.
(c) That they did not recognize him.
(d) That they admired him.

13. What event of Jane’s did the Phelpses show up to protest?
(a) A public discussion.
(b) A keynote address.
(c) A reading.
(d) A lecture on psychology.

14. Why does Jonathan say that he and his friends could not actually go anywhere when he lived abroad?
(a) They did not know any local languages.
(b) They could not escape their Americanness.
(c) They were never admitted into local culture.
(d) They were disliked by locals.

15. How does the narrator say people like Darren learn to differentiate themselves in this country?
(a) Through violence.
(b) Through creativity.
(c) Through crime.
(d) Through business.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jane make herself think about Adam, instead of admitting his behavior?

2. How does the narrator characterize the state of American culture?

3. What was the special gift Jane received instead of a bicycle for Christmas, as a child?

4. What did Fred Phelps’ family call Jane Gordon?

5. Who was Adam shopping with when he ran into one of Reynolds’ friends?

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