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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Kilgore do for the rest of the drive after he and the driver leave the diner?
(a) Reads signs on trucks.
(b) Counts the number of red cars.
(c) Reads a book.
(d) Falls asleep.

2. What is causing Dwayne's continual mental instability?
(a) Drugs.
(b) A chemical imbalance.
(c) Lack of testosterone.
(d) Medication he is taking.

3. Who influenced The Narrator in his earlier life?
(a) Phoebe Hurty.
(b) Kilgore Trout.
(c) The Author.
(d) Dwayne Hoover.

4. How did Dwayne's wife die?
(a) By hanging herself.
(b) By slitting her wrists.
(c) By ingesting a powerful solvent.
(d) By drowning.

5. What does Kilgore and the person he catches a ride with talk about?
(a) The burning down of rain forests.
(b) Conservation of natural resources.
(c) The degradation of American politics.
(d) Petitioning to stop drilling.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the science fiction story that Kilgore comes up with about?

2. What happens to Dwayne when he leaves the hotel?

3. What is the plague that infests the planet in the science fiction story Kilgore comes up with?

4. What does The Narrator claim the book to be in terms of himself?

5. What is Kilgore invited to do at the event in Midland City?

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