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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Zoyd Wheeler's source of income?
(a) Federal Government employment insurance plan.
(b) Federal Government welfare program.
(c) Federal Government mental health benefits.
(d) Federal Government indigent benefits.

2. Who tells Zoyd that the media has been told to go to the Cucumber Lounge?
(a) His daughter.
(b) The television station.
(c) A Federal Agent.
(d) Hector Zuniga.

3. What does Pynchon call the television?
(a) The black hole.
(b) The Tuge.
(c) The Boob.
(d) The idiot box.

4. What is he supposed to do this year?
(a) Exchange places with a waitress.
(b) Put on a dress and cut up the bar with a chainsaw.
(c) Perform at the local bowling alley.
(d) Drive through the window of the bar in a dress.

5. What does Zoyd do his rounds in?
(a) A truck he leases locally.
(b) A flatbed he trades with Elvissa for his car.
(c) A camper borrowed from Trent.
(d) A winnebago he rents.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is waiting for Zoyd when he goes to pick up Prairie?

2. What is the acronym for the camp founded by Brock?

3. What worries Zoyd more than his daughter's choice of boyfriends?

4. Where does Frenesi go when her marriage to Zoyd is in trouble?

5. Where does Zoyd plan to hold his display?

(see the answer key)

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