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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Andy say the people at Alcohol Anonymous meetings want to hear?
(a) How long you have been sober for.
(b) How you overcome temptation.
(c) About your failures.
(d) Horror stories from your past.

2. What does Andy say his parents are terrified of in Chapter 14?
(a) The future.
(b) Ghosts.
(c) A.I.D.S.
(d) Nuclear war.

3. What industry does Dag work in before moving to Palm Springs?
(a) Medicine.
(b) Advertising.
(c) Education.
(d) Real Estate.

4. In Andy's story, what does Edward vow to build once he makes it in New York?
(a) His dream house.
(b) An empire.
(c) A church.
(d) A tower.

5. What does Buck tell the Monroe sisters will happen to them if leave Texlahoma with him?
(a) They will die.
(b) They will lose their memory of Texlahoma.
(c) They will never age.
(d) They will never return.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Claire do for a living when she and Andy meet?

2. What does Dag say is the best form of "cult employment"?

3. What is Mr Takamichi's most valuable possession?

4. What does Andy slip into Dag's drink in Chapter 13?

5. After he quits his office job, what label does Dag give himself and his new lifestyle?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Andy say about his parents' house in Chapter 15?

2. How does Dag describe himself when he worked in advertising?

3. Why does Claire choose the corner of Cottonwood and Sapphire Avenues for their picnic in Chapter 3?

4. Describe Texlahoma.

5. What historical challenge does Dag give to Margaret in Chapter 5?

6. What do Clair and Andy discuss about Dag after he gets in touch with them following his disappearance to Nevada?

7. In Chapter 7, at what point does Andy say he knows he and Claire would be friends for life?

8. What does Buck ask each of the Monroe girls to do?

9. What does Andy tell us about Claire in Chapter 7?

10. Why does Dag hope Charlene was the one who had to clean out his desk after he quit his job?

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