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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. With which of the following does the narrator purpose to vandalize his office?
(a) Red paint.
(b) An adze.
(c) Green paint.
(d) A hammer.

2. Which of the following is the height of the Sky Tower?
(a) 62 stories.
(b) 37 levels.
(c) 100 meters.
(d) 59 floors.

3. In which of the following buildings of the Tiko does Supercargo live?
(a) 7.
(b) 2.
(c) 21.
(d) 14.

4. Which of the following does the narrator note is the largest building at Nigel’s school?
(a) Morrill Hall.
(b) Faneuil Hall.
(c) Central Hall.
(d) Eastern Hall.

5. Which of the following is noted as an observance on July 6?
(a) City Fried Chicken Day.
(b) Worldwide Fried Chicken Day.
(c) State Fried Chicken Day.
(d) National Fried Chicken Day.

Short Answer Questions

1. To which of the following does the narrator compare Nigel’s birthmark?

2. Which of the following makes of car does Octavia drive?

3. Which of the following costumes does the narrator note would unsettle the party at Octavia’s mansion?

4. Which of the following does the narrator add to his mother’s fried chicken mix?

5. To which of the following does the narrator compare the fabric in the trees at Shanksted?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the narrator report that Dinah pranked him early in her career?

2. What conditions does Penny attempt to impose on the narrator for traveling to the company retreat with him?

3. What reasons does the narrator give for not having taken Nigel to their city’s team’s basketball games before the novel?

4. What problems does the narrator note in the Shanksted map?

5. What fantasy does Octavia note to the narrator?

6. What explanation is given for the hotbox at Shanksted?

7. What reason does the narrator give for misliking going to court, despite his skill therein?

8. What is the basic plan the narrator and Jo Jo have to get material for Octavia’s campaign?

9. What does the narrator recall of Tyrod’s life with his son?

10. What prompts Nigel’s retreat into the art-supply closet at his school?

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