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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the result of J.P.'s arrest?
(a) His car is impounded.
(b) He loses his license and can't drive to work.
(c) He has to pay a fine.
(d) He spends two nights in jail.

3. What food do the narrator and his girlfriend buy for the trip to the facility?
(a) Fried chicken.
(b) French fries.
(c) Sandwiches.
(d) Hamburgers.

4. What nervous movement does J.P. make when he tells his stories?
(a) Pulls on his chin.
(b) Pulls his ear.
(c) Cracks his neck.
(d) Taps his foot.

5. How does "the guy who travels" get to the facility?
(a) He took the train.
(b) He can't remember.
(c) He drove himself.
(d) His wife drove him.

6. On her visit to the facility, where does J.P.'s wife want to go with him?
(a) To town for lunch.
(b) To his room.
(c) On a drive.
(d) On a walk.

7. What is the physical appearance of J.P.'s wife, according to the narrator?
(a) Tall and red-haired.
(b) Tall and blonde.
(c) Tall and slim.
(d) Tall and good-looking.

8. Whose car do the narrator and his girlfriend take to the facility?
(a) A car borrowed from a friend.
(b) The narrator's.
(c) The girlfriend's.
(d) A rental car.

9. Who rescues J.P. from the well?
(a) His father.
(b) A neighbor.
(c) His older brother.
(d) Firemen.

10. What do the patients watch on TV on New Year's Eve?
(a) A movie.
(b) Johnny Carson.
(c) A game show.
(d) Times Square.

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

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

13. How old is J.P.'s wife when they meet?
(a) Eighteen.
(b) Twenty.
(c) He doesn't say.
(d) Nineteen.

14. What is J.P.'s real name?
(a) Jules Penny.
(b) Jim Penny.
(c) Jack Penny.
(d) Joe Penny.

15. On the narrator's first stay at the facility, the proprietor tells him that the staff can help him if what happens?
(a) If he wants help and listens to what they say.
(b) If he stays at least two weeks.
(c) If he pays in advance.
(d) If he agrees to psychotherapy.

Short Answer Questions

1. When J.P. physically fights with his wife, what does she do?

2. What does J.P. say he wanted to do when he got out of high school?

3. On one occasion, how does J.P. physically injure his wife?

4. In what way does J.P.'s violent streak first show up?

5. What do J.P. and the narrator drink on the porch on the morning of New Year's Day?

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