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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 did Nora spit in Streck's face?
(a) Chewed apple
(b) Sandwich
(c) Apple juice
(d) Oatmeal cookie

2. What is it that Lem tells the girl to make her open up?
(a) The creature had fangs
(b) The creature had yellow eyes
(c) His life story of when he was a kid
(d) The creature was huge

3. How many times does Einstein ring the bell?
(a) Four
(b) Two
(c) Three
(d) One

4. What did Travis think he was doing?
(a) Misreading his girlfriends intentions
(b) Attributing human intelligence to a dog
(c) Misreading his mother's emotions
(d) Attributing canine intelligence to people

5. What seemed to be the most extraordinary thing about the dog's intelligence?
(a) The dog is unerringly stupid
(b) Not only was it intelligent, but self aware
(c) It got increasingly intelligent as time went on
(d) The dog is so much more intelligent than any other

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the two kinds of people in the world?

2. What direction is the Outsider heading?

3. What made Nora happy?

4. Who happened upon Nora and Streck?

5. What did the dog do?

Short Essay Questions

1. How was the fear that Travis felt after he'd left the canyon different to what he felt why he was there?

2. Why did Nora hate the house she lived in?

3. What was left of Wes' house?

4. What was the epiphany Travis had while looking at the rattler?

5. What lead Travis into a life of solitude?

6. How did Einstein convey his thoughts on Travis and Nora's relationship?

7. How did Travis drive away from the canyon, and why did he leave so shortly after arriving?

8. What did Nora think when she saw Streck on her bed?

9. How did Streck violate Nora?

10. What was Vince doing in Weatherby's garage?

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