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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color is J.P.'s wife wearing when they meet?
(a) Red.
(b) White.
(c) Black.
(d) Blue.

2. What kind of head covering does the landlord wear?
(a) Skull cap.
(b) Baseball cap.
(c) Bandana.
(d) Hood.

3. How old is J.P. when he meets his wife?
(a) Exactly eighteen.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Eighteen or nineteen.
(d) Exactly nineteen.

4. In the story, how long has J.P. been married?
(a) Twelve years.
(b) Ten years.
(c) Eight years.
(d) He doesn't say.

5. When does the narrator's appetite return?
(a) After two days.
(b) New Year's Eve.
(c) After a week.
(d) New Year's Day.

6. Who gives his New Year's Eve dinner to the narrator?
(a) An unnamed patient.
(b) Frank Martin.
(c) J.P.
(d) Tiny.

7. Where was J.P. when he met his wife?
(a) In a bar.
(b) At a party.
(c) At a friend's house.
(d) Out with friends.

8. What short story does the narrator mention having read?
(a) "A Good Man Is Hard to Find."
(b) "To Build a Fire."
(c) "The Luck of Roaring Camp."
(d) "The Snows of Kilimanjaro."

9. Which famous writer once lived near the facility?
(a) Ernest Hemingway.
(b) Jack London.
(c) Tennessee Williams.
(d) F. Scott Fitzgerald.

10. How does J.P.'s wife respond to the advice to leave her husband?
(a) She says she got herself into it and she will solve it.
(b) She says she will think about it.
(c) She takes the advice.
(d) She gets angry and says it's nobody's business.

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

12. What does J.P. say he wanted to do when he got out of high school?
(a) Absolutely nothing.
(b) To go to college.
(c) To be a fireman.
(d) To join the Navy.

13. What state is the girlfriend in when they arrive at the facility?
(a) Crying and upset.
(b) Hopeful.
(c) Drunk.
(d) Hungry.

14. What did the famous writer who lived near the facility die of?
(a) Alcoholism and drug abuse.
(b) He was in a plane crash.
(c) He shot himself.
(d) Alcoholism.

15. How are meals announced at the facility?
(a) P.A. system.
(b) An attendant tells patients personally.
(c) Farm bell.
(d) Bullhorn.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the last time the narrator spoke to his wife?

2. What does the narrator ask J.P.'s wife to do?

3. What is Tiny's profession?

4. What is the first thing J.P. and his wife do when she arrives at the facility?

5. Whose head is described as "too small for the rest of his body"?

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