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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. How long does the proprietor of the facility recommend that patients stay in treatment?
(a) At least a month.
(b) At least a week.
(c) A day or two.
(d) At least two months.

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

3. When did the narrator read the short story he mentions?
(a) He doesn't remember when.
(b) College.
(c) High school.
(d) When he was married.

4. Where on their bodies do many residents at the facility, including J.P., have cuts?
(a) Wrists.
(b) Arms.
(c) Faces.
(d) Necks.

5. Why does the narrator say he needs to talk to his wife?
(a) He wants to find out how she is.
(b) They need to talk about money.
(c) He wants to tell her he still loves her.
(d) He has things at her house that he needs to get.

Short Answer Questions

1. What landscapes are mentioned throughout the story?

2. How does "the guy who travels" get to the facility?

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

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

5. On New Year's Eve, who asks for champagne as a joke?

Short Essay Questions

1. What economic class do you think the narrator is from and why?

2. Why does the narrator remember the story of the landlord painting?

3. What does Tiny represent?

4. How does J.P. act when he tells the story about his descent into alcoholism?

5. How is friendship presented in the story?

6. What does Roxy's name suggest?

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

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

9. Why does the narrator not give his name?

10. What is the significance of the way Roxy is dressed on New Year's Day?

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