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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dag give Claire a jar of as a gift?
(a) Jam.
(b) Hair pomade.
(c) Cow hearts.
(d) Trinitite.

2. What sickness does Buck come down with?
(a) Space poisoning.
(b) Cancer.
(c) Chronic fatigue syndrome.
(d) Infection from a stab wound.

3. Which celebrity does Andy say his brother once shared an elevator with?
(a) David Bowie.
(b) Elizabeth Taylor.
(c) Jane Fonda.
(d) Madonna.

4. What disturbing artifacts does Andy mention Claire keeps in what should be her dining room?
(a) Mannequins.
(b) Baby shoes.
(c) Old appliances.
(d) Antlers.

5. What nickname does Dag have for his office cubicle?
(a) The veal-fattening pen.
(b) The slow death chamber.
(c) The office cubicle.
(d) The yuppie dive.

6. What kind of magazine does Andy work at in Japan?
(a) A teenybopper magazine.
(b) A technology magazine.
(c) A home decorating magazine.
(d) A cooking magazine.

7. In Chapter 14, what does Andy plan to do for Christmas?
(a) Visit an orphanage.
(b) Make dinner for his friends.
(c) Sleep through the holidays.
(d) Go home to Portland.

8. What year is it permanently in Texlahoma?
(a) 1974.
(b) 1939.
(c) 1980.
(d) 1954.

9. What is Texlahoma?
(a) A community on a television show.
(b) A fictional reality in Andy's favorite novel.
(c) The mythical world where many of the friends' stories are set.
(d) A town in Dag's dreams.

10. What is on the postcard Otis receives from an old friend?
(a) A daisy.
(b) A photo of a nuclear test.
(c) A classic automobile.
(d) A dolphin jumping out of the water.

11. Where is Claire originally from?
(a) Texas.
(b) Las Vegas.
(c) Detroit.
(d) Los Angeles.

12. Who is Martin?
(a) Dag's brother.
(b) Dag's former boss.
(c) Dag's father.
(d) Dag's mentor.

13. What nickname does Tobias have for Andy?
(a) Candy.
(b) Mandy.
(c) Dandy.
(d) Sandy.

14. What is Andy's language of specialty?
(a) Japanese.
(b) Korean.
(c) Hungarian.
(d) French.

15. In Chapter 12, who is said to have disappeared the day after the picnic?
(a) Tobias.
(b) Dag.
(c) Claire.
(d) Elvissa.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Claire's surname?

2. Where does Dag's brother Matthew live?

3. How does Andy describe himself at age fifteen?

4. What does Andy wonder as he stares at his fingernails in Chapter 6?

5. Where is Dag from originally?

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