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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Viola's husband die?
(a) Heart attack.
(b) As a casualty of the Vietnam war.
(c) Hit and run accident.
(d) Struck by lightning.

2. Why does Holly keep her desk so tidy?
(a) It's the first thing she learned at journalism school.
(b) It is the only thing she can depend on in life.
(c) It might get her a raise.
(d) To impress her colleagues.

3. How do the passenger's react to the impending bad landing?
(a) They are surprisingly quiet.
(b) They all scream in fear.
(c) People get out of their seats demanding answers.
(d) They conduct an inflight mass.

4. What is Eddie wearing when Holly meets him?
(a) Nothing but a smile.
(b) Spandex shorts.
(c) Butt hugging white shorts.
(d) High-heeled sandals.

5. What unusual fact about Jim does Holly uncover?
(a) His wife has given birth to quadruplets.
(b) He could be related to a senator.
(c) His real name is James.
(d) He has won the lottery.

6. How did Jim's parents die?
(a) Old age.
(b) Shot by armed robbers.
(c) Plane crash.
(d) A traffic accident.

7. What relatives does Jim still have?
(a) Grandparents in Santa Barbara.
(b) An aunty in the Santa Ynez Valley.
(c) A couple of cousins in Akron.
(d) An uncle in Vegas.

8. Why does Holly read the Travis McGee novel?
(a) She has never read it before.
(b) It was the first book she saw at the store.
(c) She had heard it was a good book.
(d) The book is set in a hot and humid climate.

9. Where is the windmill in Jim's dream?
(a) On his grandparent's farm.
(b) Nearby a pond at his parent's cottage.
(c) On his uncle's cornfield.
(d) Inbetween two mountains in the Mojave.

10. What animal does Jim compare Holly to as they lie on his bed?
(a) An albino cat.
(b) A bulldog.
(c) A dragon.
(d) A rattlesnake.

11. Why has Jim had so few women in his life?
(a) He finds them too intelligent and boring.
(b) He thinks they laugh too much.
(c) He is not physically attracted to women.
(d) He has never been smooth with them.

12. What surprises Holly about Jim's house?
(a) How ordinary it is.
(b) The badly kept lawn.
(c) How white it is.
(d) How needlessly large it is.

13. What does Holly think will crack her spine?
(a) A heavy jacket.
(b) A valise full of woman's makeup.
(c) A musical instrument.
(d) A traincase full of face cream.

14. What reason does Holly give for her gluttony in the bakery?
(a) She has a fast metabolism.
(b) She has not eaten all morning.
(c) She is addicted to pastries.
(d) She eats when she is horny.

15. What does Jim find to taste like blood?
(a) Sandy ice cubes.
(b) The moisture inside a cactus.
(c) Root beer.
(d) Holy water.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Jim go for fresh air?

2. Why does Holly believe in a god?

3. Who regularly snores in the office?

4. How old is Jim in his windmill dream?

5. What is Jim afraid of?

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