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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many pieces of cake does J.P. eat?
(a) One.
(b) One, and saves one for later.
(c) Two.
(d) None.

3. What term of endearment does the narrator use for his girlfriend?
(a) Sugar.
(b) Babe.
(c) Honey.
(d) Sweetheart.

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

5. As he tells his stories, why can J.P. not use his hands?
(a) They are cold.
(b) They are trembling badly.
(c) They feel numb.
(d) One of them is broken.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do the narrator and J.P. place their feet while sitting on the porch?

2. How does J.P.'s wife's father feel about J.P. when they are dating?

3. What is J.P.'s good news on New Year's Eve?

4. Why does the narrator's landlord do the remembered task in the early morning?

5. Which famous writer once lived near the facility?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the story show the progression of alcoholism?

2. Why is the narrator so enthralled by J.P.'s stories?

3. What is the significance of the call the narrator intends to make to his wife at the end of the story?

4. In the section about the landlord, what does the narrator's nakedness represent?

5. What is the significance of New Year's Eve in the story?

6. What does Frank Martin's name suggest?

7. Give an example of hopelessness in the story.

8. Is the narrator's girlfriend also an alcoholic?

9. Why does the narrator not give his name?

10. What is the plot of "To Build a Fire," the story the narrator remembers reading?

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