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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the Wheelchair Assassins want to obtain?
(a) Mario's films.
(b) The mysterious tape.
(c) Orin's athletic skills.
(d) Hal's drugs.

2. In what way does Mario try to follow in his father's footsteps?
(a) He is also depressed.
(b) He is also deformed.
(c) He also makes films.
(d) He is also a great tennis player.

3. What did Wardine's mother beat her with?
(a) A glass bowl.
(b) A hanger.
(c) A belt.
(d) A piece of wood.

4. What is the name of the man who sells urine samples to his classmates at the academy?
(a) Michael.
(b) Philip.
(c) Peter.
(d) Matthew.

5. How many romantic encounters does Mario claim to have had?
(a) 0.
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.

6. What insect does Orin especially hate?
(a) Bees.
(b) Flies.
(c) Cockroaches.
(d) Ants.

7. What describes Ken's addiction?
(a) He cannot keep up any relationships because of his addiction.
(b) He is functional despite his addiction.
(c) He cannot stand to look at himself in the mirror.
(d) He cannot hold down a job because of his addiction.

8. Up to Chapter 10, what activity has the medical attache been doing?
(a) Watching a tape.
(b) Driving across the country.
(c) Making dinner.
(d) Listening to music.

9. How does Joelle attempt to kill herself at a party?
(a) She tries to drown herself.
(b) She tries to drink herself to death.
(c) She tries to hang herself.
(d) She tries to overdose on drugs.

10. What does Orin question Hal about on the phone?
(a) The Separatist movement.
(b) Tennis scoring.
(c) Football rules.
(d) His father's suicide.

11. What is the name of the radio show that Mario and Hal listen to at a local club?
(a) Sixty Minutes More or Less.
(b) Such and Such with So and So.
(c) Half an Hour or So.
(d) A Few Minutes Basically.

12. Where does Hal play a match against Port Washington?
(a) Long Island.
(b) Washington, D.C.
(c) Boston.
(d) Manhattan.

13. How old was Enfield's founder when he died?
(a) 54.
(b) 44.
(c) 50.
(d) 48.

14. Why do many of the students at the tennis academy use drugs?
(a) To escape from their boring lives.
(b) To get back at the school's administrators.
(c) To experiment with new ways of life.
(d) To get kicked out of school.

15. How many times has Kate tried to kill herself?
(a) 0.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 1.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ken watch as he waits for the woman to arrive with his delivery?

2. What is the name of the woman who has a party that Joelle attends and feels depressed at?

3. How old is Hal Incandenza at the beginning of the novel?

4. Where is WheelChair Assassins from?

5. How old is Hal in Chapter 3 when he goes to visit the professional conversationalist?

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