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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What tipped Jane off to her mother’s ability to ignore difficult realities?
(a) Her reaction when Jane told her she was taking a man from his wife.
(b) Her reaction when she stole a painting from her employer.
(c) Her reaction when she rear-ended someone in a parking lot.
(d) Her reaction when Jonathan mistakenly rented a pornographic cartoon for Adam.

2. To whom is the chapter titled “Men” addressed?
(a) Adam.
(b) Jane.
(c) Jonathan.
(d) Darren.

3. What did Jonathan’s therapist see in Jonathan’s fascination with the Ziegler story?
(a) Projected self-loathing.
(b) Revenge fantasies.
(c) Dreams of grandeur.
(d) Megalomania.

4. Who of Adams friends and family could he recognize by name after his concussion?
(a) Sima.
(b) Jason.
(c) Jonathan.
(d) Jane.

5. How did Darren believe he acquired magic powers?
(a) By kissing a girl.
(b) By entering a dark cave.
(c) By repeating a chant.
(d) By rubbing poison ivy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote the story about Ziegler?

2. How did Darren’s gun lead to him getting stitches?

3. Who was Jonathan about to leave, when he read the Ziegler story?

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

5. What do the figures behind Adam’s eyes make him afraid of?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the story Amber told Adam in the car after they reconnected?

2. What was Jonathan studying for his dissertation?

3. What is the setting for the first full chapter, after the brief prologue?

4. Where is Darren’s refuge, and what solace does he take there?

5. What emotions does Jane associate with having neglected to order airline tickets for a family trip?

6. How did fame change things for Jane?

7. What was Darren’s job, and how did he lose it?

8. What was it that the Foundation community found humorous when Jonathan screened the film he made of the Ziegler story?

9. What was the memory Sima helped Jane uncover?

10. What did Jonathan find captivating about the Duccio Madonna and Child painting in the Met?

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