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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many children do J.P. and his wife have?
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) Four.
(d) One.

2. When J.P. physically fights with his wife, what does she do?
(a) Calls the police.
(b) Cries.
(c) Goes to her parents' house.
(d) Fights back.

3. How does J.P. introduce the narrator to his wife?
(a) As a good listener.
(b) As another patient.
(c) As another drunk.
(d) As his friend.

4. What book does the proprietor recommend to J.P. and the narrator?
(a) The Call of the Wild.
(b) Moby Dick.
(c) Tender Is the Night.
(d) For Whom the Bell Tolls.

5. What three things does J.P. mention hearing from the bottom of the well?
(a) Birds' wings, a dog barking, and a train whistle.
(b) Birds' wings, a car horn, and a dog barking.
(c) The wind, a car horn, and birds singing.
(d) Birds' wings, insects rustling, and the wind.

6. Why does the narrator's landlord do the remembered task in the early morning?
(a) Because he has somewhere else to go.
(b) Before it gets too hot.
(c) Because rain is expected.
(d) He wants to wake the narrator up.

7. Where do the narrator and his girlfriend decide to have Christmas dinner?
(a) A steak restaurant.
(b) The girlfriend's apartment.
(c) A diner.
(d) The narrator's house.

8. When did the narrator read the short story he mentions?
(a) High school.
(b) College.
(c) When he was married.
(d) He doesn't remember when.

9. Where on their bodies do many residents at the facility, including J.P., have cuts?
(a) Necks.
(b) Wrists.
(c) Faces.
(d) Arms.

10. What day of the week is it when the landlord performs the task that the narrator remembers?
(a) Sunday.
(b) Saturday.
(c) The narrator can't remember.
(d) Friday.

11. What causes blackouts, according to "the guy who travels"?
(a) Champagne.
(b) Red wine.
(c) Ice in a drink.
(d) Whisky with water.

12. What phrase does the narrator use for casually talking with someone?
(a) "Batting the breeze."
(b) "Chewing the fat."
(c) "Shooting the breeze."
(d) "Shooting the bull."

13. On the drive to the facility after dinner, what do the narrator and his girlfriend drink?
(a) Beer.
(b) Red wine.
(c) Champagne.
(d) Bourbon.

14. Who advises J.P.'s wife to leave him?
(a) Her father and brother.
(b) Her best friend.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her boss.

15. According to the narrator, what is J.P.'s emotional state at the beginning of the story?
(a) Hopeful.
(b) Resentful.
(c) Scared.
(d) Angry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word does the narrator use for a drink?

2. How many pieces of cake does J.P. eat?

3. Where do J.P. and his wife live?

4. What is one thing J.P. worries about when he is in the well?

5. What does the narrator eat for Christmas dinner?

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