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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Jeremy feel about his father's request about future jobs?
(a) Jeremy feels as if his father is too "tired to answer each other's questions about it..." (7).
(b) Jeremy feels like "there wasn't much else to say" (7).
(c) Jeremy feels like "his father is being nosy, because he feels ashamed of" (7) Jeremy.
(d) Jeremy feels as if his father is trying to make him stay home for selfish reasons.

2. How does Jeremy summarize his impression of family gatherings in Part One, Chapter 2?
(a) Jeremy thinks that they are entertaining.
(b) Jeremy says that his family comes together and bonds about their heritage.
(c) Jeremy says that the gathering are surface, like gossip.
(d) Jeremy feels that he is left out of the conversation at family gatherings.

3. Where do Jeremy and Stephanie meet up for lunch to discuss the video(s) in Part One?
(a) At a local park, City Park.
(b) The Nevada Diner.
(c) Greg's Coffee House.
(d) Gregory's Coffee House.

4. What does Stephanie tell Jeremy to do after Sarah Jane leaves the store?
(a) Stephanie asks Jeremy to call Sarah Jane about the video Stephanie returned.
(b) Stephanie tells Jeremy to look at which video titles Sarah Jane took with her.
(c) Stephanie asks Jeremy to keep a secret for her.
(d) Stephanie tells Jeremy to look at when Sarah Jane would be returning to the store.

5. What movie does Shauna say is an example of how people can edit and change things to make them seem more real?
(a) "The Shining."
(b) "People with Problems."
(c) "The Iowa Connection.
(d) "The Blair Witch Project."

6. According to Part One, Chapter 7, what is the only reason people visit isolated farmhouses?
(a) People only go there forgetting the feel of being behind a door, safely shielded from the sky.
(b) People only go there to pull up the staircase carpet, worn down from years of use.
(c) People only go there to take inventory of the shelves or drawers.
(d) People only go there with a purpose, to get something, or to bring news, or because they live there.

7. What is Jeremy's father, Steve Heldt, doing when Jeremy returns home in Part One, Chapter 1?
(a) Steve is yelling at Jeremy's mother, Lisa Sample.
(b) Steve is making dinner.
(c) Steve is watching a movie.
(d) Steve is cleaning the gutters.

8. What is the first place that Bob Veatch shows Jeremy after the interview?
(a) The administration office.
(b) The management offices.
(c) The warehouse.
(d) The junkyard.

9. What is Sarah Jane's first conclusion after watching one of the video's unusual scenes in Part One, Chapter 5?
(a) Sarah Jane wants to put the video back on the shelf.
(b) Sarah Jane says that the video has to be thrown away and never spoken about.
(c) Sarah Jane wants to possibly call the police.
(d) Sarah Jane asks Jeremy to burn all of the videos with weird scenes.

10. In Part One, what is the proven factor that justifies Sarah Jane's connection of the video's scenes?
(a) Sarah Jane says that the hood, not only the chair, prove that the "hoods" are in various videos, and there is a valid connection.
(b) Sarah Jane confesses that a friend of hers told her the true story.
(c) Sarah Jane tells Jeremy that he has no idea how the woman in the video is the same in each situation.
(d) Sarah Jane says that the area of Collins is so recognizable that the videos had to be taken at the same spot.

11. At the start of the novel, what lie does Jeremy make to a customer when she asks him why he is so tired?
(a) Jeremy says that he fell asleep on the couch.
(b) Jeremy says that he has to quit soon for a new job.
(c) Jeremy says that he will become manager soon.
(d) Jeremy tells the customer that it costs four dollars for overdue fees.

12. Why does Lisa say that does not want to get rid of the wasps at her house according to Part One, Chapter 8?
(a) The wasps have just as much a right to be there as Lisa.
(b) The wasps were there long before Lisa.
(c) It is too expensive to have them removed.
(d) It is just nature for them to be there.

13. Who does Jeremy's father, Steve, have dinner with at Spaghetti Works in Des Moines?
(a) Bob Veatch.
(b) Shauna Wright.
(c) Shauna Kinzer.
(d) Sarah Jane.

14. How is Lisa farmhouse described by Jeremy upon his first visit, at the end of Part One, Chapter 7?
(a) Jeremy sees the house in flames.
(b) Jeremy describes her house as being large and rickety.
(c) Jeremy sees that every light is on in the house.
(d) Jeremy describes a house that is so isolated, he could barely find it.

15. What is the name of the other video store Stephanie says she is going to visit after speaking with Jeremy?
(a) Nevada Video Store.
(b) Hollywood Video.
(c) Collins Video.
(d) Iowa Local Video Store.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is so strange about Ezra's, Jeremy's co-worker at Video Hut, car accident?

2. Where is the setting of the story?

3. How many job interviews has Jeremy been on before applying for a job at Veatch Son offices?

4. After Jeremy receives a job offer from Bob Veatch, what does he tell his father he has to do first?

5. What does Sarah Jane take with her after briefly visiting Video Hut after not being there for days?

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