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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 much does the narrator's phone call on New Year's Eve cost?
(a) Fifty cents.
(b) A dollar.
(c) A dime.
(d) A quarter.

2. What does J.P. look like?
(a) Muscular.
(b) Tall and thin.
(c) He is not described.
(d) Short and heavy-set.

3. In what part of the state does the story take place?
(a) West.
(b) Middle.
(c) North.
(d) South.

4. What was the short story the narrator read about?
(a) A man in a cabin.
(b) A man on a camping trip.
(c) A man on a sledding trip.
(d) A man freezing.

5. How does the narrator pay for his stay at the facility?
(a) Check.
(b) Credit card.
(c) He arranges to be billed.
(d) Cash.

Short Answer Questions

1. On another occasion, how does J.P. physically injure his wife?

2. As he tells his stories, why can J.P. not use his hands?

3. What time of day does Tiny return from the hospital to the facility?

4. What is one thing J.P. worries about when he is in the well?

5. How long is Tiny in the hospital after his fall?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is the significance of the story of "the guy who travels"?

4. Give an example of hopefulness in the story.

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

6. Give an example of a character in the story thinking fatalistically.

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

8. Give an example of hopelessness in the story.

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

10. Is Frank Martin an alcoholic?

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