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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who wrote the story about Ziegler?
(a) Nikolai Gogol.
(b) Hermann Hesse.
(c) Italo Calvino.
(d) Franz Kafka.

4. What distinguishes Kenneth Erwood in Topeka?
(a) He is black.
(b) He is openly gay.
(c) He is an outspoken anti-war protestor.
(d) He is a MacArthur Genius grant winner.

5. What did Darren believe he was responsible for?
(a) His developmental delays.
(b) His ostracism.
(c) Adam’s concussion.
(d) His father’s death.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Darren say he feels safe?

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

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

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

5. What was Jonathan studying for his dissertation?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the narrator’s perspective shift as he describes Adam’s return to shore and the process of reuniting with Amber?

2. How does Jane say Sima was different from the other therapists at the Foundation?

3. How does the narrator describe the importance of the spread beyond debate?

4. Where is Darren’s refuge, and what solace does he take there?

5. How does Jonathan describe his relationship with Ziegler?

6. What importance did Jonathan’s therapist attach to his interest in the Ziegler story?

7. What is the story Amber told Adam in the car after they reconnected?

8. How does the narrator say that Darren uses chants?

9. How does the narrator characterize Adam’s role in the debate team?

10. What is the setting for the opening of The Topeka School?

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