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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. Where does the narrator say that Wayne had seen a landslide the last summer while he and his father were towing a Mercedes in "Bad Mother, December 16, 2011-July 6, 2012"?
(a) Haverhill, Massachusetts.
(b) Here, Iowa.
(c) Longmont, Colorado.
(d) Brandenburg, Kentucky.

2. What is printed on the baseball cap that Bing wears when he exits his house to leave for Christmasland in "Search Engine, July 6-7"?
(a) Yankees.
(b) Braves.
(c) NYPD.
(d) FDNY.

3. What is the name of the diner that the Rolls-Royce drives past with Wayne held captive and that he had eaten at earlier that day with his mother in "Search Engine, July 6-7"?
(a) The Shorter Way Diner.
(b) The Greenbough Diner.
(c) Pete’s Taco Stand.
(d) Terry’s Primo Subs.

4. What does the narrator say Wayne’s favorite thing is about the carriage house at the vacation home by the Lake in "Bad Mother, December 16, 2011-July 6, 2012"?
(a) That is has Wi-Fi.
(b) That it has horses.
(c) That it has bats.
(d) That it has cobwebs.

5. What is the name of the male nurse that tends to Lou while he’s in the hospital in "Christmasland, July 7-9"?
(a) Roger Sillman.
(b) Hank Tulowitzki.
(c) Bilbo Prince.
(d) Nathan Demeter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the girlfriend Lou dated that stole his identity and ran off to California with her other boyfriend in "Bad Mother, December 16, 2011-July 6, 2012"?

2. Based on the articles that Wayne reads about Maggie in "Christmasland, July 7-9," in what year was Maggie charged with public endangerment for starting a fire in an abandoned building?

3. What book series does the narrator say Lou and his girlfriend talk about mostly on her visits during lunch in “Come All Ye Faithful, October”?

4. Who does Charlie Manx describe as a man who claimed that his spirit existed in a favorite suit of his in "Christmasland, July 7-9"?

5. The narrator states in “Come All Ye Faithful, October,” that “Charlie Manx said blood didn’t come out of” what?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Charles Talent Manx’s medical condition described in "Interlude: The Spirit of Ecstasy, 2000-2012"?

2. What does Bing do at the church by his house in "Interlude: The Spirit of Ecstasy, 2000-2012"?

3. How does Vic respond when Maggie appears on her doorstep in "Bad Mother, December 16, 2011-July 6, 2012"?

4. What is the setting of "Come All Ye Faithful, October"? What information is revealed to the reader in the opening of this chapter?

5. What happens when Vic visits her father’s house in "Christmasland, July 7-9"?

6. Who advises Wayne in the backseat of the Wraith in "Search Engine, July 6-7"? What advice is given?

7. What is Sigmund de Zoet doing when his character is introduced in "Bad Mother, December 16, 2011-July 6, 2012"?

8. What does the narrator say happens to Charlie Manx’s “True Children” in the novel’s Epilogue?

9. How does Vic come to spend the summer with her son in "Bad Mother, December 16, 2011-July 6, 2012"? How does she feel about this vacation?

10. How does the narrator describe the actions of Paul Caslon and Millie Manx in the novel’s Epilogue?

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