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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 happens after Kleinman is killed?
(a) Kleinman goes home.
(b) The main groups splits off into many different groups.
(c) Gina becomes the new leader of the group.
(d) The killer reveals himself as the doctor.

2. What form does Von Epps take before he abducts Yvette?
(a) The form of yesterday's laundry.
(b) The form of a small child looking for help.
(c) The form of Sigmund.
(d) The form of her bed.

3. In which essay does Allen consider the appropriateness of behaviors based on one's stage of life?
(a) On Frugality.
(b) On Love.
(c) On Youth and Age.
(d) On The Thoughts of a Teenager.

4. Which of the following does Woody not say is necessary for true love?
(a) Adherence to the same religious beliefs.
(b) Tenderness.
(c) General proximity.
(d) A modest quantity of raw physical strength.

5. What animal does God suggest the merchant put on his t-shirts?
(a) Eagle.
(b) Puma.
(c) Bear.
(d) Alligator.

Short Answer Questions

1. What request does Job make of God toward the end of his story?

2. How does Sigmund kill himself?

3. What word is repeated in the scrolls that is possible evidence that they are forgeries?

4. What is the name of the old battle-ax vigilante Kleinman has?

5. What is the doctor's last dying request of Kleinman?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who are Netta and Dorf and what do they represent?

2. What does Abraham think of God's command and what does Sarah think of the command?

3. Who is Dr. Osgood Mulford Twelge and what does he do?

4. What is the third and final method civil disobedience the author describes and how is it described?

5. What happens to Woody's and W.'s relationship?

6. What are some of the worries or anxieties that Woody shares in the opening section of the book?

7. What ailment does Woody's nephew seem to have and what does this cause Woody to think of regarding Emily Dickinson's quote?

8. What is the story of the young woman and the housefly in "The Predators"?

9. What does Kleinman learn about the killer as he speaks to him? What does Kleinman suggest to the killer?

10. In "The Sacrifice" how does Man offend Nature? What must be done to appease Nature?

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