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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Chapter 4 consist of?
(a) A page from a play.
(b) A magazine cover.
(c) A broadcast edit.
(d) A news article.

2. In Chapter 13, what does the character try to attribute his sweating to?
(a) Puberty.
(b) Nerves.
(c) Genetics.
(d) Disease.

3. Why does the author quote Mr. Glendenning in Chapter 9?
(a) As an authority figure.
(b) As a liar.
(c) As a fellow writer.
(d) As a fan.

4. In Chapter 2, where is Claude reassigned?
(a) Indiana.
(b) Illinois.
(c) Michigan.
(d) Ohio.

5. Why is Lane outside of the office in Chapter 16?
(a) He is going to court.
(b) He is in the office.
(c) It is a lunch break.
(d) It is a weekend.

6. What name does the author give himself in Chapter 9?
(a) David Foster Wallace.
(b) David Wallace.
(c) Foster Wallace.
(d) David Foster.

7. How does the author identify the men in Chapter 3?
(a) He doesn't.
(b) He uses their last names.
(c) He just describes them physically.
(d) He uses their middle names.

8. How are the interviews in Chapter 14 described?
(a) Barbaric.
(b) Russian.
(c) Greek.
(d) Spartan.

9. In Chapter 9, what year does the author say it is?
(a) 2005.
(b) 2004.
(c) 2003.
(d) 2006.

10. What textual feature does Chapter 9 have that is missing from the other chapters?
(a) Quotes.
(b) Headings.
(c) In-text citations.
(d) Footnotes.

11. How does the author represent questions during the interviews in Chapter 14?
(a) There is no representation of the questions.
(b) He replaced them with the letter Q.
(c) He puts all the questions in italics.
(d) He puts all the questions in bold.

12. In Chapter 9, what does the author say about the genre of this novel?
(a) That it is literary fiction.
(b) That it closely resembles a memoir.
(c) That it is historical fiction.
(d) That it will remind the reader of nonfiction.

13. What is revealed to be a joke in Chapter 14?
(a) The previous president.
(b) The role of women in the IRS.
(c) The head of the IRS.
(d) Some previous IRS protocols.

14. What does RECs stand for?
(a) Risk and Evaluations Centers.
(b) Regional Examination Centers.
(c) Random Evaluations Centers.
(d) Regional Exploratory Centers.

15. What makes Lane feel out of place in Chapter 16?
(a) Wearing the wrong thing.
(b) Not knowing the new laws.
(c) Forgetting his money.
(d) Being left out of gossip.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Desk Names, as defined in Chapter 18?

2. How do higher temperatures affect the character in Chapter 13?

3. In Chapter 8, who does the girl run away with?

4. What does the character in Chapter 13 do when a sweat attack begins in public?

5. What does Stecyk deliver in Chapter 12?

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