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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Ziegler carted away to, at the end of the story?
(a) A police station.
(b) A hospital.
(c) An insane asylum.
(d) A zoo.

2. Who has just left Adam, when his chapter opens?
(a) Amber.
(b) Darren.
(c) His mother.
(d) His father.

3. What was Darren’s therapist’s response when Darren lost his job?
(a) He was angry at himself for not foreseeing him running into trouble.
(b) He was angry at Darren.
(c) He was angry at the customer who got him fired.
(d) He wanted to give Darren tools for managing his feelings.

4. What did Darren believe he was responsible for?
(a) His father’s death.
(b) Adam’s concussion.
(c) His developmental delays.
(d) His ostracism.

5. What is Adam’s relationship with Joanna?
(a) She is his lab partner in chemistry.
(b) She is his neighbor.
(c) She is his debate partner.
(d) She is his girlfriend.

6. How does the narrator say Bob Dole spoke at the high school debate tournament?
(a) Extemporaneously.
(b) Fluently.
(c) Haltingly.
(d) Patriotically.

7. When does the narrator say Jonathan married his first wife?
(a) When they both graduated high school.
(b) When they finished their doctorates.
(c) After they had each lost a parent.
(d) When they got unexpectedly pregnant.

8. What was it that moved Jonathan in Duccio’s Madonna and Child?
(a) The candle burns on the frame.
(b) The angels’ faces.
(c) The image of Mary’s face.
(d) The realistic representation of baby Jesus.

9. Where would Darren put the things he had dreamed about and found?
(a) In a duffel bag.
(b) In the big pockets of his cargo pants.
(c) Under his bed.
(d) In a painted box he kept.

10. What does the narrator say is the result of the spread?
(a) Labyrinths of logic.
(b) Drivel.
(c) Insight.
(d) Non sequiturs.

11. Where does Ziegler find the pill he ultimately swallows in the story?
(a) A museum.
(b) A zoo.
(c) On the street.
(d) A junk shop.

12. What drugs had Jonathan and Jane taken when they went to the Met?
(a) Cocaine.
(b) Marijuana.
(c) Mushrooms.
(d) Acid.

13. What does Darren say has been hanging in space all his life?
(a) A cue ball.
(b) His mother’s face.
(c) The sun.
(d) A knife.

14. What is the model of the bike Darren rides?
(a) A Bianchi Speedster.
(b) A Schwinn Predator.
(c) A Huffy TrailMaster.
(d) A Raleigh Diplomat.

15. What kind of car does Darren see himself driving?
(a) A white Cadillac.
(b) A gray Aston Martin.
(c) A black pickup truck.
(d) A silver Fiero.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Darren lose his job?

2. What real-life events did Jonathan’s therapist see in his feelings about the Ziegler story?

3. Whose names did Bob Dole read at the high school debate tournament?

4. Where does Jane say her abuse took place?

5. How long does the narrator say it will take Adam to see the connection between Amber’s story and her actions?

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