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

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

3. Whose voice is asking the reader to explain what led to the picture of Adam with Bob Dole?
(a) A parent.
(b) A police officer.
(c) A student.
(d) A therapist.

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

5. How did Darren’s gun lead to him getting stitches?
(a) Darren’s friend shot him with it.
(b) A boy hit him after Darren pointed the gun at him.
(c) Darren split his foot when he dropped the gun on it.
(d) Darren shot himself with it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Jonathan and Jane leave at the museum when they left?

2. How does Jonathan characterize the Topeka Foundation?

3. In Jane’s recollection, when did she discover she failed to purchase airline tickets for her trip?

4. What did Jonathan’s therapist see in Jonathan’s fascination with the Ziegler story?

5. Where were Jonathan and his first wife married?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the narrative tone change when Bob Dole enters the high school where the debate is taking place?

2. What emotions does Jane associate with having neglected to order airline tickets for a family trip?

3. What happens in the Herman Hesse story Jonathan talks about?

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

5. What was Darren’s job, and how did he lose it?

6. What is the spread and why is it controversial?

7. How did fame change things for Jane?

8. How does Jonathan describe his relationship with Ziegler?

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

10. How does Jane characterize her relationship with Sima?

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