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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Muriel's dog training specialty?
(a) Training dogs for dog shows.
(b) Training dogs to hunt.
(c) Training dogs that bite.
(d) Training shy dogs.

2. How does Macon feel about his burgeoning relationship with Muriel?
(a) Macon doesn't think he loves her but loves the surprise of her and of him being with her.
(b) Macon is indifferent and is just going through the motions of dating someone new.
(c) Macon is in love her and wants to marry her.
(d) Macon doesn't care for her and is only seeing her to make Sarah jealous.

3. What does Macon daydream about when Sarah calls?
(a) He daydreams about going over to her aparment and asking her to come back.
(b) He daydreams about the two of them sipping sherry and talking about how much they miss one another.
(c) He daydreams about having a romantic candlelit dinner with her.
(d) He daydreams about their first trip to Paris.

4. What's significant about the country Grandfather Leary says he's sailing to?
(a) It is remote.
(b) It doesn't exist.
(c) It is war-torn.
(d) It is his birth country.

5. What is unsettling to Macon about Muriel?
(a) Muriel's beauty.
(b) Muriel's bad temper.
(c) Muriel's youthfulness.
(d) Muriel's ambition.

Short Answer Questions

1. On his first trip in the novel, what does Macon do once he has arrived at his destination?

2. Why does Macon stay at his childhood home after his injury?

3. According to Garner, what is the perception people have of Macon?

4. How does Macon occupy his time on the plane on his first trip in the novel?

5. Where does Muriel tell Macon she's never been?

(see the answer key)

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