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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 was the President's profession before he was elected?
(a) Television actor.
(b) Daredevil.
(c) Doctor.
(d) CEO of a corporation.

2. How does everyone cover up Anita and Shepherd's fight?
(a) They say he must be drunk.
(b) They pretend it does not happen.
(c) They pretend he is ill.
(d) They say he must not have gotten enough sleep.

3. What is Dr. Calhoun's relationship to Katherine?
(a) They are good friends.
(b) She works for him.
(c) They are engaged.
(d) They are brother and sister.

4. What problem do the Reeks and Wrecks find with Dr. Proteus's car?
(a) A cut brake line.
(b) A broken fuel pump.
(c) A faulty cooling fan.
(d) A bad gasket.

5. What does Rudy unintentionally do that embarrasses Dr. Proteus?
(a) Invites Dr. Proteus to his house for dinner.
(b) Buys him a drink.
(c) Recites a poem about him.
(d) Plays a song on the player piano in his honor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Dr. Proteus show up late for work in Chapter 10?

2. How does Anita convince Dr. Proteus to marry her?

3. What is Mr. Haycox concerned about when Dr. Proteus comes to visit the farm?

4. How does Fred Berringer get his job at Ilium?

5. Who does Anita compare Dr. Proteus to near the end of Chapter 16?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Hagstrom's wife start to cry during the Shah's visit?

2. What does Finnerty do when he is allowed to walk around the plant alone?

3. Why does Finnerty quit his job?

4. What are Lasher's beliefs about the state of society, and what does he think will happen to it?

5. What does Paul want to do most at the end of Chapter 10?

6. What does Paul want to do for his and Anita's anniversary , and what does Anita want to do instead?

7. What does Finnerty say at the end of Chapter 4 that upsets Anita?

8. Who takes Paul's gun and why?

9. Why does Dr. Proteus bring the cat to Ilium Works, and what happens to it?

10. What is Dr. Proteus's father famous for doing?

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