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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the narrator describe his own age?
(a) A little older than J.P.
(b) A little younger than J.P.
(c) Over forty.
(d) Nearing fifty.

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

3. Where is Tiny hoping to be on New Year's Eve?
(a) At home with his girlfriend.
(b) At home with his wife.
(c) At a friend's party.
(d) In Times Square.

4. What does the title of the story refer to?
(a) What the narrator's wife asks him.
(b) What the telephone operator asks the narrator.
(c) What the narrator says his wife will ask him.
(d) Something the narrator says to J.P.

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

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

7. What does the girlfriend say to the proprietor when she and the narrator arrive at the facility?
(a) "Guess who's here."
(b) "Nice place you got here."
(c) "What a dump."
(d) "I think you're expecting him."

8. In the narrator's memories, what is the landlord doing one morning?
(a) Trimming a hedge.
(b) Painting the house.
(c) Mowing the lawn.
(d) Fixing a fence.

9. What do J.P. and the narrator drink on the porch on the morning of New Year's Day?
(a) Coke.
(b) Coffee.
(c) Tea.
(d) Juice.

10. What physical thing happens to J.P. in the well?
(a) He wet his pants.
(b) He broke his wrist.
(c) He scraped his hands.
(d) He vomited.

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

12. What is Tiny hoping to drink on New Year's Eve?
(a) Hot chocolate.
(b) Champagne.
(c) Ginger ale.
(d) Coke.

13. According to the narrator, what is the physical appearance of his landlord?
(a) Old and decrepit.
(b) Bald and fat.
(c) Old, bald, and needs a shave.
(d) Short and bald.

14. What is it about J.P.'s wife that "knocks him for a loop" when they first meet?
(a) Her top hat.
(b) Her blue eyes.
(c) Her height.
(d) Her baseball cap.

15. When the narrator and his girlfriend arrive at the facility, what does the girlfriend do?
(a) Decides to check into a nearby motel.
(b) Walks him inside.
(c) Drives off immediately.
(d) Stays to have lunch.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is J.P.'s wife driving the day they meet?

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

3. When did the narrator read the short story he mentions?

4. What health news does the narrator's girlfriend receive on Christmas Eve?

5. Why does J.P. say he switched drinks?

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