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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the paper's attitude to costumed heroes?
(a) It has a neutral, objective viewpoint.
(b) It promotes them as being true Americans and patriots.
(c) It condemns their behaviour.
(d) It promotes them because their exploits make great news.

2. What is making Max Shea happy as he boards the boat?
(a) He just wants to go home.
(b) Security will be lifted and he'll get a large pay check.
(c) He feels fulfilled at the end of a difficult project.
(d) He is in love with Linette Paley.

3. Why does Dan wake up during the night?
(a) He thinks Laurie has left him.
(b) He has had a
(c) He is hungry.
(d) He has had a nightmare.

4. What is the sailor's mental state when he joins the pirates?
(a) Enthusiasm.
(b) Despair.
(c) Eagerness.
(d) Anticipation.

5. What motivated the Nazi punks to attack and kill Hollis Mason?
(a) Detective Fine paid them to do it.
(b) They were inflamed by anti-costumed hero rhetoric in the press.
(c) They were given a contract by a local gangster.
(d) They were high on drugs.

6. Where can "The Veidt Method" often be seen advertised?
(a) On page 3 of the National Enquirer.
(b) On the back page of The New Frontiersman.
(c) On the back cover of Tales of the Black Freighter.
(d) In America Today.

7. Who tries to sell something to Bernhard?
(a) Two nuns try to sell him News From Fatima.
(b) Two Scientologists try to sell him books by Ron Hubbard.
(c) Nazi punks try to sell him a biography of Himmler.
(d) Two Jehovah's Witnesses try to sell him The Watchtower.

8. Identify the interviewer's attitude to Veidt.
(a) He is sympathetic but not too trusting.
(b) He is sympathetic and sycophantic.
(c) He is openly hostile.
(d) He is suspicious and cynical.

9. In what publication does the article appear?
(a) Journal of the American Ornithological Society.
(b) Journal of the American Otorhinolaryngeal Society.
(c) Journal of the American Ornate Furniture Society.
(d) Journal of the American Ontological Society.

10. What can we assume about "The Veidt Method"?
(a) It's the lifestyle of the Nazi punks.
(b) A lot of money is spent on advertising it.
(c) It's the lifestyle Veidt used to become a costumed hero.
(d) It's a good idea and more people ought to do it.

11. What is the significance of the information given in this section?
(a) It provides important information about the newspaper's attitude.
(b) It provides insight into the character of Max Shea and other artists.
(c) It provides important information relating to the plot of the novel.
(d) It provides good moral leadership for the community.

12. What does this chapter add for the reader/responder?
(a) A deeper understanding of scientific principles.
(b) An understanding of the structure of birds.
(c) A deeper understanding of a character in the novel.
(d) Knowledge about what will come next in the novel.

13. How is the fire inside the hangar caused?
(a) It was started by Nazi punks.
(b) Laurie started it with her cigarette-lighter.
(c) Laurie used her mobile phone when they were refuelling.
(d) Laurie accidentally activates the flame-thrower.

14. What important decision does Dan make?
(a) To have Rorschach murdered in prison.
(b) To rescue Rorschach from prison.
(c) To ask Laurie to marry him.
(d) To ask Laurie to rescue Rorschach.

15. The leading article is written by . . . ?
(a) Editor Hector Geoffrey.
(b) Editor Hector Godfrey.
(c) Reporter Hector Geoffrey.
(d) Feature writer Walter Kovacs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the paper's political stance?

2. What function does this section perform in the narrative?

3. What significant item does Laurie take with her when she goes with Jon?

4. Whose version of events is confirmed through the contents of the scrapbook?

5. What is Dan's flight ship called?

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