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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Darren drinking in the opening chapter?
(a) Beer.
(b) Water.
(c) Wine.
(d) Soda.

2. Who was Jonathan about to leave, when he read the Ziegler story?
(a) His high school girlfriend.
(b) His second wife.
(c) His first wife.
(d) His parents.

3. Where is Adam at the beginning of the novel?
(a) In a debate tournament.
(b) On a boat.
(c) In Taiwan.
(d) In a bed.

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

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

6. What is Darren doing at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Drinking with friends.
(b) Being interrogated.
(c) Hiding in the woods.
(d) Walking home.

7. Where was Sima’s family from?
(a) Los Alamos.
(b) Los Angeles.
(c) India.
(d) Iran.

8. What does the narrator say Darren would use to ward off insults?
(a) Magic.
(b) Chants.
(c) Curses.
(d) Acting.

9. Where is Darren when the novel begins?
(a) A lake.
(b) The woods.
(c) A police station.
(d) The Army Surplus store.

10. What is the spread in debate?
(a) A technique for misleading opponents’ arguments.
(b) A technique for refuting opponents’ arguments through inference.
(c) A technique for picking apart opponents’ arguments.
(d) A technique for scoring points by speaking at high speeds.

11. What does Ziegler hear, once he can understand this language?
(a) Affection.
(b) The voice of God.
(c) Endless questions.
(d) Contempt.

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

13. What does Darren like about Stan at the Surplus store?
(a) His talk about violence and women.
(b) His food and drink.
(c) His instructions in fixing things.
(d) His lessons about life.

14. Whose voice is asking the reader to explain what led to the picture of Adam with Bob Dole?
(a) A student.
(b) A parent.
(c) A police officer.
(d) A therapist.

15. What character in American literature does Jonathan compare his patient/film intern to?
(a) Billy Budd.
(b) Hester Prynne.
(c) Leatherstocking.
(d) Bartleby.

Short Answer Questions

1. What drugs had Jonathan and Jane taken when they went to the Met?

2. What was the first thing Darren’s powers supposedly manifested?

3. What did Darren find that he had dreamed about?

4. In Jane’s recollection, when did she discover she failed to purchase airline tickets for her trip?

5. Where would Darren put the things he had dreamed about and found?

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