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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dwayne think about himself after reading Kilgore's book?
(a) Only he can talk to the creator of the universe.
(b) He has been chosen by a higher power.
(c) He is destined for greatness.
(d) It was written specifically to him.

2. Who does Dwayne beat when he reaches the car dealership?
(a) Harry.
(b) Kilgore.
(c) Vernon.
(d) Francine.

3. Who is Bunny Hoover?
(a) Dwayne's son.
(b) Dwayne's cousin.
(c) Dwayne's biological brother.
(d) Dwayne's mother.

4. What drove everyone out of the Sacred Miracle Cave?
(a) The animal droppings.
(b) The acidic waste.
(c) The stink of the bubbles bursting.
(d) The bats that fly around the cave.

5. Who arrives at the scene of Dwayne's beating as an emergency doctor?
(a) Harry.
(b) The Narrator.
(c) Rabo.
(d) Cyprian.

6. What does The Narrator convince Kilgore of when he meets him face to face?
(a) That he is a fictional character.
(b) That he will die soon.
(c) That he is a freethinker.
(d) That he is not a good writer.

7. How does The Narrator celebrate his birthday at the end of the novel?
(a) By writing a new novel.
(b) By burning the novel.
(c) By freeing all of his characters.
(d) By celebrating with the characters.

8. What birthday does The Narrator celebrate at the end of the novel?
(a) His 60th.
(b) His 40th.
(c) His 30th.
(d) His 50th.

9. Who is wearing mirrored sunglasses in the hotel lounge?
(a) Kilgore.
(b) The Narrator.
(c) Francine.
(d) Dwayne.

10. What happens to Dwayne once the police arrive at the scene of the beating?
(a) He is beaten by the police.
(b) He is injected with a serum.
(c) He is knocked unconscious.
(d) He is strapped down.

11. Who is playing music while Dwayne is in the hotel at the beginning of Chapter 18?
(a) The Narrator.
(b) Francine.
(c) Bunny.
(d) Kilgore.

12. Who sits in the hotel lounge with Dwayne and Bunny, after Dwayne arrives and has a martini?
(a) Kilgore.
(b) Eliot.
(c) Francine.
(d) The Narrator.

13. What does Kilgore decide after the driver tells him about the bad novel he has read?
(a) To make more copies of the book to sell.
(b) To tell the man he wrote the book.
(c) To change his name.
(d) To remain anonymous.

14. What does Kilgore see that caused the traffic jam he was stuck in?
(a) A car hijacking.
(b) Road work.
(c) A dead cow.
(d) Fatal car crash.

15. What is the book that Kilgore skims through during the drive about?
(a) The meaning of life from different religious viewpoints.
(b) What is going to happen ten years from now.
(c) A letter from the creator of the universe to the reader.
(d) How people in the future continually try to regain the past.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the epilogue, what is Kilgore looking for as he wanders around the local hospital?

2. What is Kilgore devastated about after being recognized at the hotel?

3. What does Wayne do after watching the patrons through the peephole?

4. What can the reader do, according to the literature Kilgore is reading?

5. What happens to Dwayne as he remains in the hotel lounge and more central characters arrive?

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