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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What process does Howie describe in great detail in a Chapter 12 footnote?
(a) Combing hair.
(b) Reading a newspaper.
(c) Boiling water.
(d) Threading a needle.

2. What word does Howie clarify how to usually pronounce in Chapter 10?
(a) Okay.
(b) Pardon.
(c) Hello.
(d) Oop.

3. What sound does Chapter 10 begin with?
(a) Humming.
(b) Hot air hand dryer.
(c) Flush of a urinal.
(d) Vacuuming.

4. What did Howie hope the new shoelaces were made of?
(a) Cotton.
(b) Silk.
(c) Synthetics.
(d) Polyester.

5. What invention does Howie praise lavishly while visiting the corporate bathroom?
(a) Hand dryers.
(b) Double doors.
(c) Self-flushers.
(d) Toilet paper perforations.

6. What is the name of the publishing house of the book Howie reads on his lunch break?
(a) Simon and Schuster.
(b) Random House.
(c) Penguin.
(d) Knopf.

7. The vending machine thoughts include a footnote about _______.
(a) Trains.
(b) Elevators.
(c) Cars.
(d) Mugs.

8. Howie desires to gain a encyclopedic knowledge of the relationship between _______.
(a) People.
(b) Surfaces.
(c) Coincidences.
(d) Sciences.

9. What does Howie call his observation about the different speeds of the escalator handrail and steps?
(a) Shrinkage.
(b) Slopage.
(c) Slippage.
(d) Shortage.

10. In a Chapter 11 footnote, Howie comments on the new tightness of ______ .
(a) New gloves.
(b) Straw covers.
(c) Socks.
(d) Sandwich wrappers.

11. What don't the executives do in the corporate bathroom?
(a) Read the paper.
(b) Greet Howie.
(c) Wash hands.
(d) Sing.

12. What does Howie consider to be unprofessional behavior in the men's bathroom?
(a) Reading the newspaper.
(b) Brushing teeth.
(c) Singing.
(d) Passing gas.

13. What does Howie think would be a fun job?
(a) Doctor.
(b) Cleaning escalators.
(c) Riding trains.
(d) Mail man.

14. Howie then notes some architectural details of the ____ as he finishes his lunch break on the plaza.
(a) Fountain.
(b) Mailbox.
(c) Sidewalk.
(d) Bench.

15. Howie sees the design flaw in escalators as the steps being ______.
(a) Too wide.
(b) Too short.
(c) Too fast.
(d) Too tall.

Short Answer Questions

1. What vending machine did Howie mourn the loss of?

2. What term does Howie give for the reoccurring of thoughts?

3. Howie discovers that the authors Lecky, Boswell and Gibbon loved ___________

4. What product in the CVS does Howie consider to reflect different social cultures?

5. What does Howie watch as he eats popcorn and walks to CVS?

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