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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. What does Wallace do for a living?
(a) Accountant.
(b) Doctor.
(c) Laywer.
(d) Writer.

2. Who is the young woman Wallace does not recognize at his funeral?
(a) Jennifer.
(b) Rennie.
(c) Mei.
(d) Helen.

3. In Chapter 8, what does Mei want to see Wallace say to Hugo?
(a) That he is the Manager.
(b) That he is a hipster.
(c) That he thinks he is God.
(d) That he is a prankster.

4. What does Nelson tell Wallace about the faces we see in our dreams?
(a) They are all of people we have seen before.
(b) They are all of priests.
(c) They are all of people who are dead.
(d) They are all of imaginary people.

5. What happens to Wallace when he flees to the village?
(a) His skin and body begin to disintegrate.
(b) He has another heart attack.
(c) He faints.
(d) Nothing - he feels fine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Wallace do with Hugo at the end of Chapter 10?

2. Who finds Wallace's body?

3. What does Mei call the hook and cable that connects Wallace and Hugo?

4. What does Wallace think about the kitchen when he sees it in Chapter 8?

5. What is Wallace wearing when he dies?

Short Essay Questions

1. What connects Wallace and Hugo?

2. Who intrigues Wallace at his own funeral, and why?

3. How do Mei and Hugo speak about the Manager?

4. In Chapter 9, what does Mei tell Wallace of her family?

5. How does Wallace die, and when does he realize he is dead?

6. What is Wallace's first experience with death?

7. What happens that humiliates Wallace and amuses everyone else in Chapter 8?

8. What does Wallace realize people really think of him at his own funeral?

9. What does Wallace notice about the tea shop in Chapter 8?

10. In Chapter 9, what does Hugo tell Wallace about how he became a ferryman?

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