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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On the drive to the facility after dinner, what do the narrator and his girlfriend drink?
(a) Beer.
(b) Bourbon.
(c) Red wine.
(d) Champagne.

2. What is the last line of the story?
(a) "It's me."
(b) "Did I wake you up?"
(c) "Guess who?"
(d) "Happy New Year."

3. What three things does J.P. remember seeing when he looked up from the bottom of the well?
(a) Blue sky, cloud, birds.
(b) Cloud, birds, insects.
(c) Blue sky, insects, trees.
(d) Airplane, cloud, birds.

4. After J.P. gets married, what word does he use to describe how he feels about his life?
(a) Scared.
(b) Resentful.
(c) Happy.
(d) Bored.

5. What was J.P. doing when he met his wife?
(a) Playing cards.
(b) Talking to another girl.
(c) Drinking and playing records.
(d) Drinking cheap wine.

6. When the story opens, how long have the narrator and J.P. been at the facility?
(a) A few hours.
(b) A few days.
(c) Two weeks.
(d) One day.

7. According to "the guy who travels," why is he at the facility?
(a) He was drunk at work.
(b) He has no idea.
(c) He caused a commotion on a plane.
(d) He hit his wife.

8. When did the narrator read the short story he mentions?
(a) When he was married.
(b) He doesn't remember when.
(c) College.
(d) High school.

9. What is the weather when the narrator and his girlfriend drive to the facility?
(a) Sunny and clear.
(b) Rainstorm.
(c) Snowstorm.
(d) Ice storm.

10. Which addictions does the rehabilitation center treat?
(a) Alcoholism and gambling.
(b) Alcoholism.
(c) Alcoholism and heroin abuse.
(d) Alcoholism and cocaine abuse.

11. How does "the guy who travels" get to the facility?
(a) His wife drove him.
(b) He drove himself.
(c) He can't remember.
(d) He took the train.

12. Where do J.P. and his wife live?
(a) In a rented apartment.
(b) In a rented house.
(c) With his wife's parents.
(d) In their own home.

13. What did the famous writer who lived near the facility die of?
(a) Alcoholism and drug abuse.
(b) He was in a plane crash.
(c) He shot himself.
(d) Alcoholism.

14. When does J.P. officially become a chimney sweep?
(a) After a few months dating his wife.
(b) After he tries some other jobs.
(c) Right after he marries his wife.
(d) A year after he gets married.

15. In the narrator's memories, what is the landlord doing one morning?
(a) Fixing a fence.
(b) Trimming a hedge.
(c) Mowing the lawn.
(d) Painting the house.

Short Answer Questions

1. What part of J.P.'s body gets broken in a fight?

2. Why does the narrator's landlord do the remembered task in the early morning?

3. When does the narrator's appetite return?

4. How does the narrator describe his own age?

5. How does J.P.'s wife's father feel about J.P. when they are dating?

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