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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. Where is Adam at the beginning of the novel?
(a) In a bed.
(b) On a boat.
(c) In a debate tournament.
(d) In Taiwan.

2. What kind of car does Darren see himself driving?
(a) A silver Fiero.
(b) A black pickup truck.
(c) A gray Aston Martin.
(d) A white Cadillac.

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

4. How does the narrator say Bob Dole spoke at the high school debate tournament?
(a) Haltingly.
(b) Fluently.
(c) Patriotically.
(d) Extemporaneously.

5. Where does Darren go for hot water for free?
(a) Arby’s.
(b) Burger King.
(c) McDonalds.
(d) Taco Bell.

Short Answer Questions

1. What distinguishes Kenneth Erwood in Topeka?

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

3. Whose names did Bob Dole read at the high school debate tournament?

4. What does Darren say has been hanging in space all his life?

5. Who has just left Adam, when his chapter opens?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jane characterize her relationship with Sima?

2. What did Jonathan find captivating about the Duccio Madonna and Child painting in the Met?

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

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

5. What significance does Darren attribute to the paper banner cheerleaders hold up for the football team to run through?

6. How does Jonathan explain his success at the Foundation?

7. What was the super power Darren believed he had?

8. How does Jonathan describe his relationship with Ziegler?

9. What was it that the Foundation community found humorous when Jonathan screened the film he made of the Ziegler story?

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

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