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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. Thomas has episodes of ________________ in which he obsesses about something and is unable to let it go.
(a) Preservation.
(b) Obsession.
(c) OCD.
(d) Mania.

2. Leo insists that being a ____________ major makes him an expert on homosexuality, though he has never been tempted.
(a) Literature.
(b) Science.
(c) Math.
(d) Theater.

3. ___________ retains grief at having been too busy at the end of a semester to enjoy the new baby.
(a) Thomas.
(b) Joy.
(c) Dominick.
(d) Dessa.

4. Thomas lectures Dominick on the perils of ____________, though he is cruelly rebuffed by those to whom he speaks.
(a) Sex.
(b) Prescription drugs.
(c) Alcohol.
(d) Marijuana.

5. Leo has mentioned _______ as a possible supplier of drugs to Ralph, according to Dominick when he talks with the police.
(a) Aaron.
(b) Jules.
(c) Roland.
(d) Thomas.

Short Answer Questions

1. In a biblical passage, _________ tells the disciples to cut off the body parts which offend in order to avoiding burning in hell.

2. What did the United States citizens fear most about the Soviet Union during the 1950s?

3. While Ma does not care for the ____________, the boys do not particularly like Francis the Talking Mule.

4. What is the terminal disease that Thomas and Dominick's mother eventually dies from?

5. Sheffer volunteers to be the twins' ____________ during the time of the case and the evaluation.

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the story that Dominick maintains when the police question him and Leo about Dell?

2. What is the news about the case that Dominick learns when he is talking with Patel and listening to Thomas' tapes?

3. What does Dominick grow impatient with when he is talking with his brother a day before the amputation?

4. What is Thomas wondering when he is being transported to Three Rivers for observation in this story?

5. What happens when Dominick takes Thomas to the hospital after his amputation during the beginning of the book?

6. What happens when it's found out that Thomas did not get a safe number in the draft for Vietnam war fighting?

7. What is the profession that Leo has when Dominick goes to visit with him during this part of the story?

8. Why does Thomas believe that Dominick has been singled out in his life, according to the therapy tape?

9. Why is it hard for Dominick to not take care of his brother and watch out for him in this everyday life?

10. When does Dominick next see Penny's twin brother after Penny's death, in this story?

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