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

2. Why does Sarah Jane tell Jeremy that she should have called him and let him come to work late according to Part One, Chapter 3?
(a) Sarah Jane wishes she would have called Jeremy to let him know he did not have to come into work at all.
(b) Sarah Jane should have called Jeremy, because she is able to work at Video Hut alone that day.
(c) Sarah Jane wishes she would have called, because the roads are piled up with snow, and it is slow at Video Hut.
(d) Sarah Jane wishes she would have told Jeremy to stay home, so she could watch the strange videos in peace.

3. What does Sarah Jane take with her after briefly visiting Video Hut after not being there for days?
(a) Sarah Jane takes the video, "Targets."
(b) Sarah Jane takes all the money from the register.
(c) Sarah Jane takes videos with specifically chosen titles.
(d) Sarah Jane steals Jeremy's backpack.

4. When does Jeremy's mother, Linda, die according to Steve in Part One, Chapter 9?
(a) Winter of 1984, Christmastime.
(b) Spring of 1994, right after St. Patrick's Day.
(c) Summer of 1993, around the 4th of July.
(d) Winter of 1994, Christmastime.

5. What is the first job Jeremy's father, Steve, recommends Jeremy take?
(a) Steve recommends that Jeremy get a job at a new soil/water labs.
(b) Steve recommends that Jeremy quit his job, stay home, and take care of the animals.
(c) Steve wants Jeremy to file for disability.
(d) Steve tells Jeremy to take a manager's position at Video Hut.

Short Answer Questions

1. What note does Sarah Jane make about the "She's All That" video?

2. According to Part One, Chapter 7, what is the only reason people visit isolated farmhouses?

3. What movie does Shauna say is an example of how people can edit and change things to make them seem more real?

4. What does Stephanie tell Jeremy to do after Sarah Jane leaves the store?

5. What does Jeremy state that he wants Steve's girlfriend to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Part One, Chapter 6, what version of events does the narrator say happened, even though the novel says that Sarah Jane tells Jeremy a different story?

2. How is the first added scene of the movie "Targets" described? Why is it odd?

3. Why does Jeremy act casually about Steve having a new girlfriend?

4. What motives does Jeremy have to speak with Sarah Jane about possibly taking another job?

5. In Part One, Chapter 7, the narrator provides reasons for why a person would live in a farmhouse. How does this description of setting connect to a greater theme?

6. Why does Jeremy think that his father, Steve, is truly fixing the gutter during the day when Jeremy returns home from work?

7. Why does Sarah Jane go to the farmhouse in Collins after viewing the videos? How does Sarah Jane know how to locate the farmhouse?

8. Why does Sarah Jane lie to Jeremy about her trip to Collins?

9. What does Jeremy do after his father goes to sleep at the end of Part One, Chapter 4? Why does he do it?

10. What is the overall theme of the Quote that precedes the novel?

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