View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Stecyk deliver in Chapter 12?
(a) Business directories.
(b) Change of address cards.
(c) Phone books.
(d) ZIP code books.

2. In Chapter 9, what does the author say is the IRS' biggest strength?
(a) Being run by men.
(b) Being dull.
(c) Being a government agency.
(d) Being educated.

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

4. In Chapter 13, what part of the character's body is not affected by the sweat attacks?
(a) His feet.
(b) His hair.
(c) His back.
(d) No part is unaffected.

5. Why doesn't Dean break up with his girlfriend in Chapter 6?
(a) Because he wants to make her mad.
(b) Because she is pregnant.
(c) Because he loves her.
(d) Because he is afraid to go home.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 9, what does the author say about the genre of this novel?

2. In Chapter 13, what does the character try to attribute his sweating to?

3. How does the author identify the men in Chapter 3?

4. In Chapter 9, why does the author single out the year 1985?

5. How does Lowtis feel in Chapter 20?

Short Essay Questions

1. What types of information does the author provide via interview in Chapter 14?

2. In Chapter 5, what has happened to the boy's mother?

3. Why does Dean marry Sheri in Chapter 6?

4. In Chapter 13, what problem does the main character suffer from?

5. In Chapter 10, how does the author explain the existence of the bureaucratic systems he describes?

6. How is Claude's psychic ability described in Chapter 15?

7. How could the interview in Chapter 21 be described?

8. In Chapter 13, why does the main character pay attention to the way he sits?

9. How is Chapter 9 different from the rest of the chapters in this novel?

10. Why does the author claim this novel is memoir in Chapter 9?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 745 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample