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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 head is described as "too small for the rest of his body"?
(a) J.P.
(b) The proprietor.
(c) Tiny.
(d) The narrator's landlord.

2. What was J.P. doing when he met his wife?
(a) Drinking cheap wine.
(b) Talking to another girl.
(c) Playing cards.
(d) Drinking and playing records.

3. In what way does J.P.'s violent streak first show up?
(a) He pushes a customer.
(b) He throws a lunch pail.
(c) He starts a fight in a bar.
(d) He wrecks his car.

4. What book does the proprietor recommend to J.P. and the narrator?
(a) Tender Is the Night.
(b) The Call of the Wild.
(c) For Whom the Bell Tolls.
(d) Moby Dick.

5. What does J.P. carry to work in a thermos?
(a) Gin.
(b) Scotch.
(c) Vodka.
(d) Bourbon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What part of J.P.'s body does he say his wife could "set atremble"?

2. What does the teenager say when the narrator and his girlfriend are leaving for the facility?

3. Where do J.P. and his wife go on their first date?

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

5. When the story opens, how long have the narrator and J.P. been at the facility?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does the proprietor get a cake for New Year's Eve?

3. How is the image of cold weather used in the story?

4. What do you think the narrator intends to say to his girlfriend besides "It's me" when he calls?

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

6. Why does Tiny stay at the facility?

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

8. What does Tiny represent?

9. Give an example of hopelessness in the story.

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

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