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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of drug does Jason Taverner take willingly from Alys?
(a) Ether.
(b) LSD.
(c) Peyote.
(d) Mescaline.

2. How old is Barney Buckman, according to Alys?
(a) 5.
(b) 7.
(c) 9.
(d) 3.

3. How had Felix Buckman felt about Alys when they were children?
(a) He was afraid of her.
(b) He wanted to please her.
(c) He did not understand her.
(d) He felt protective of her.

4. What is NOT something Alys names among the precious objects in the Buckmans' home?
(a) Early United States postage stamps.
(b) Medieval wooden chess sets.
(c) Old-bone china cups from England.
(d) Vintage photos.

5. After spending the night at the pol station, Jason Taverner is scheduled to be set free at what time the following morning?
(a) 8.
(b) 6.
(c) 9.
(d) 7.

6. What element of life does Felix Buckman declare are "goddamn important to" (111) him?
(a) Rules.
(b) Mystery.
(c) Morality.
(d) Logic.

7. Alys tells Jason Taverner that the bomb planted on him could be detonated when?
(a) After Jason Taverner's next birthday.
(b) At any time.
(c) After 24 hours have passed.
(d) In the next few hours.

8. What is the first sign that the police have arrived to capture Jason from Ruth Rae's place?
(a) Sirens are heard.
(b) An explosion is heard.
(c) A police flipflap hovers overhead.
(d) The doorbell rings.

9. Jason Taverner escapes from the Buckman home by what method?
(a) He runs off down the street and toward Kathy's apartment.
(b) He gets Alys to give him a ride.
(c) He asks a woman for a ride in her quibble.
(d) He asks a woman for a ride in her flipflap.

10. Felix Buckman says that what type of love is different from every other?
(a) The love of a pet.
(b) The love between a captor and a prisoner.
(c) The love of a food.
(d) The love for a child.

11. In Chapter 13, the police find Jason Taverner in what location?
(a) On the roof of Ruth Rae's apartment building wing.
(b) In Ruth Rae's quibble.
(c) In the hallway outside Ruth Rae's apartment.
(d) In Ruth Rae's apartment.

12. When Jason Taverner first sees Alys, he wonders about the whereabouts of which object?
(a) Her smile.
(b) Her whip.
(c) Her necklace.
(d) Her knife.

13. While interrogating Jason Taverner, Felix Buckman calls out for who else to be brought in?
(a) Ruth Rae.
(b) Heather Hart.
(c) Inspector McNulty.
(d) Kathy.

14. Jason Taverner introduces himself to Alys first as a musician, but then as a what?
(a) An unperson.
(b) A political prisoner.
(c) An escaped student.
(d) An accountant.

15. Felix Buckman attempts to get a leg up on Jason Taverner by claiming to be a what?
(a) A seven.
(b) A six.
(c) A union organizer.
(d) A spy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Alys shocks Jason Taverner by knowing that his television program airs on which nights?

2. Alys offers to show Jason Taverner which objects just before he tells her that he needs to lie down?

3. When Alys goes upstairs, Jason Taverner goes out to her quibble to retrieve what items?

4. Alys tells Jason Taverner that she has maintained an incestuous relationship with Felix Buckman for what length of time?

5. Felix Buckman thinks at one point that he is "like Byron, fighting for" (111) what?

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