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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What role does Flossie play in this story?
(a) She is the madam of the call-girl service.
(b) She is a police woman.
(c) She is a professor at a nearby university.
(d) She is Word's wife.

2. Why does Abraham believe that the command to sacrifice his son has come from God?
(a) Because he just does.
(b) Because he saw God when he commanded it.
(c) Because God sent him a letter and signed it at the bottom.
(d) Because the voice he heard was deep, resonant, and well-modulated, and therefore must be God's.

3. Who does Woody's girlfriend run away with?
(a) A woman named June.
(b) The mayor.
(c) A circus geek.
(d) His brother.

4. What can the reader learn from this section about people who are dead and come back as ghosts?
(a) They are wicked and vengeful creatures.
(b) They are sent back as punishment.
(c) They are just people who happen to be dead.
(d) They are extremely enlightened and have come back to share deep wisdom.

5. What is the doctor's last dying request of Kleinman?
(a) He makes Kleinman promise to tell no one that he is dead.
(b) He asks Kleinman not fail the group.
(c) He asks Kleinman to give a note to his mother.
(d) He asks Kleinman to remove the knife from his back.

6. Who is the narrator in the section "Early Essays"?
(a) It is an unnamed narrator.
(b) It is Allen himself.
(c) It is a literary critic.
(d) It is Allen's best childhood friend.

7. What is Kaiser's role in this story?
(a) He is a Word's older half-brother.
(b) He is a private detective hired to help Word with a blackmailer.
(c) He is just a guy off the street.
(d) He is a man seeking revenge on Flossie.

8. What is the redhead's name who comes to discuss literature with Kaiser?
(a) Tina.
(b) Roberta.
(c) Joanne.
(d) Sherry.

9. Which of the following is considered a highly visible type of protest according to Allen?
(a) Both of the answers are wrong.
(b) Hunger Srike.
(c) Demonstrating and marching.
(d) Both of the answers are correct.

10. Which of the following words best describes the god shown in The Scrolls?
(a) Uninvolved.
(b) Arbitrary.
(c) Merciful.
(d) Stand-offish.

11. What word is repeated in the scrolls that is possible evidence that they are forgeries?
(a) Britney Spears.
(b) Hollywood.
(c) Oldsmobile.
(d) Rotor tiller.

12. Which of the following might be found at a hunger strike?
(a) The act of giving up a certain activity.
(b) Loudly shouted slogans.
(c) Napping.
(d) Marching.

13. What are the characters in "The Sacrifice" ?
(a) Angels.
(b) Elves.
(c) People in the future.
(d) Personified seasons and elements.

14. Why is Woody plagued with doubts about God?
(a) Because he is an atheist.
(b) Because of cruel and silly accidents.
(c) Because his name is Woody.
(d) Because he loves his family.

15. What has Henrick taken with him to Oslo?
(a) His mistress.
(b) A dog named Sally.
(c) Nothing.
(d) His geranium.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are the essays at the beginning of the story supposed to be coming from?

2. What is the name of Mrs. Sanstad's son?

3. What happens to Von Epps when he crashes Sigmund's wedding?

4. What conclusion does Allen come to in "On Tripping Through a Copse Picking Violets"?

5. What does Kaiser find the girls studying when he arrives at Flossie's call-girl center of operations?

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