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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the narrator wake up wanting on New Year's Day?
(a) A drink.
(b) To talk to his wife.
(c) To go home.
(d) Lots of food.

2. What is J.P.'s wife's name?
(a) Roxanne.
(b) Roxy.
(c) Rhonda.
(d) Rosie.

3. When J.P. takes up drinking, what is his drink of choice?
(a) Red wine.
(b) Beer.
(c) Champagne.
(d) Cheap wine.

4. Where did J.P. grow up?
(a) In a trailer park.
(b) Outside a big city.
(c) In a small town.
(d) On a farm.

5. Why does the proprietor suggest the narrator stay longer at the facility this time?
(a) The narrator needs a rest.
(b) The narrator looks bad.
(c) The holidays are hard.
(d) The facility needs money.

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

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

8. What is the name of the narrator's landlord?
(a) Mr. Orsini.
(b) Mr. Contadini.
(c) Mr. Venturini.
(d) Mr. Pastorini.

9. What nickname does J.P. call the narrator?
(a) Man.
(b) Buddy.
(c) Sport.
(d) Pal.

10. What part of J.P.'s body gets broken in a fight?
(a) Thumb.
(b) Nose.
(c) Arm.
(d) Hand.

11. How long is Tiny in the hospital after his fall?
(a) Three days.
(b) Two days.
(c) Almost a week.
(d) A day.

12. What time of day is it when J.P. begins telling stories to the narrator?
(a) Eleven in the morning.
(b) Noon.
(c) Lunchtime.
(d) Just after lunch.

13. 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.

14. In the story, what is the well a metaphor for?
(a) Alcoholism.
(b) Childhood.
(c) Self-hatred.
(d) Despair.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How are meals announced at the facility?

2. How long does the proprietor of the facility recommend that patients stay in treatment?

3. What part of J.P.'s body gets broken on the job?

4. How old is J.P.'s wife when they meet?

5. Where does the narrator watch his girlfriend drive away?

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