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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. According to the narrator, what is J.P.'s emotional state at the beginning of the story?
(a) Resentful.
(b) Angry.
(c) Hopeful.
(d) Scared.

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

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

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

5. On what charge is J.P. arrested?
(a) Drunk driving.
(b) Speeding.
(c) Driving without his license.
(d) Leaving the scene of an accident.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does J.P.'s wife give him her phone number when he asks her out the first time?

2. When J.P. discovers his wife's affair, what does he do?

3. How many times has the narrator been at the facility?

4. What story is Tiny telling when the breakfast incident occurs?

5. Where do the narrator and his girlfriend decide to have Christmas dinner?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Joe Penny's name suggest?

3. How do the narrator's two trips to the treatment facility differ?

4. Why does the narrator not give his name?

5. Why does the proprietor recommend "The Call of the Wild" to J.P. and the narrator?

6. What is the significance of mentioning the razor nicks on J.P.'s and other residents' faces?

7. What is the significance of Christmas in the story?

8. Describe the character Frank Martin.

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

10. Give an example of how the image of hills and valleys is used by the author.

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