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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. What does the narrator do for a living?
(a) Salesclerk.
(b) Electrician.
(c) He does not say.
(d) Construction worker.

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

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

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

5. What is the weather when the narrator and his girlfriend drive to the facility?
(a) Rainstorm.
(b) Snowstorm.
(c) Ice storm.
(d) Sunny and clear.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Tiny hoping to be on New Year's Eve?

2. Who is Frank Martin?

3. Why does the narrator's landlord grin when he sees him?

4. Where does the character that the narrator calls "the guy who travels" say he goes regularly?

5. What mixed drink does J.P. eventually switch to?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the narrator feel about his girlfriend?

3. Give an example of sarcasm in the story.

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

5. How is friendship presented in the story?

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

7. What is J.P.'s wife a symbol of?

8. Give of an example of how the narrator practices avoidance.

9. Why does Tiny stay at the facility?

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

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