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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word does Howie clarify how to usually pronounce in Chapter 10?

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

3. Where is there a major difference between home and corporate bathroom?

4. What does Howie consider to be an honor to use in the corporate bathroom?

5. What process does Howie describe in great detail in a Chapter 12 footnote?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Howie see in the bathroom engaging in what he considers to be poor bathroom etiquette?

2. What does Abe jokingly claim to Howie while they talk in the men's room?

3. What is Howie's dilemma in the men's bathroom?

4. What does Howie notice as he rushes out the revolving door and onto the plaza for his lunch break?

5. How can Howie reach a majority of adult thoughts?

6. What are Howie's reflections on the overall safety of escalators?

7. Howie does Howie think his corporation flaunts their status?

8. What does Howie note that he is surprised about in the men's bathroom?

9. What does Howie note about eating and drinking at the same time?

10. What does Howie consider to be the quintessential question about lunch hours?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss both the narrative tone and structure of this story and their impact on the reader's experience.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the time sequence of the novel and how it adds or detracts from the reader's ability to connect with the narrative.

Essay Topic 3

What is the symbolic significance of both the shoelaces and how Howie resolves the mystery of the shoelace breakage?

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