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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What story is Tiny telling when the breakfast incident occurs?
(a) About New Year's Eve.
(b) About a drinking bout.
(c) About hunting.
(d) About meeting his wife.

2. How old is J.P. when he meets his wife?
(a) Eighteen or nineteen.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Exactly eighteen.
(d) Exactly nineteen.

3. What does J.P. look like?
(a) Short and heavy-set.
(b) He is not described.
(c) Tall and thin.
(d) Muscular.

4. What kind of head covering does the landlord wear?
(a) Baseball cap.
(b) Bandana.
(c) Hood.
(d) Skull cap.

5. How many children does the narrator's girlfriend have?
(a) One son.
(b) A son and a daughter.
(c) One daughter.
(d) Two sons.

6. What is J.P.'s wife's name?
(a) Rhonda.
(b) Roxanne.
(c) Roxy.
(d) Rosie.

7. What short story does the narrator mention having read?
(a) "The Luck of Roaring Camp."
(b) "To Build a Fire."
(c) "A Good Man Is Hard to Find."
(d) "The Snows of Kilimanjaro."

8. What does the title of the story refer to?
(a) What the telephone operator asks the narrator.
(b) What the narrator says his wife will ask him.
(c) What the narrator's wife asks him.
(d) Something the narrator says to J.P.

9. What is J.P.'s real name?
(a) Jack Penny.
(b) Joe Penny.
(c) Jim Penny.
(d) Jules Penny.

10. What object is used to rescue J.P. from the well?
(a) Ladder.
(b) Thick cable.
(c) Rope.
(d) Fire truck.

11. When was the last time the narrator spoke to his wife?
(a) A month or two ago.
(b) A few days ago.
(c) A couple of weeks ago.
(d) A year ago.

12. What is the physical appearance of J.P.'s wife, according to the narrator?
(a) Tall and blonde.
(b) Tall and red-haired.
(c) Tall and slim.
(d) Tall and good-looking.

13. Where is Tiny hoping to be on New Year's Eve?
(a) At home with his girlfriend.
(b) At a friend's party.
(c) At home with his wife.
(d) In Times Square.

14. What book does the proprietor recommend to J.P. and the narrator?
(a) Moby Dick.
(b) Tender Is the Night.
(c) For Whom the Bell Tolls.
(d) The Call of the Wild.

15. Why does the narrator's landlord do the remembered task in the early morning?
(a) Before it gets too hot.
(b) Because rain is expected.
(c) He wants to wake the narrator up.
(d) Because he has somewhere else to go.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color is J.P.'s wife wearing when they meet?

2. How old is J.P.'s wife when they meet?

3. What do J.P. and the narrator drink on the porch on the morning of New Year's Day?

4. What do the patients watch on TV on New Year's Eve?

5. What three things does J.P. remember seeing when he looked up from the bottom of the well?

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