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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9-13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Vicki drop out of high school in "Jamboree"?
(a) She was offered a recording contract.
(b) She wanted to annoy her father.
(c) She was failing all of her classes.
(d) She says she didn't like having to attend school during the day.

2. What is Mrs. Toni obsessed with in "Don's Story"?
(a) Greyhound buses
(b) Don's life
(c) Crime stories
(d) Her daughter

3. Who does the narrator's mother become close with after her husband's death in "We Get Along"?
(a) Nick Papanides
(b) Her sister-in-law
(c) Her sister, Margery
(d) The narrator

4. Why did the Anita O'Day begin taking drugs in "Music for Lovers"?
(a) Because she grew up surrounded by drug dealers.
(b) Because she felt like it.
(c) Because she was pressured by a former boyfriend.
(d) Because she had a difficult childhood.

5. What does the narrator of "Parade" say people are constantly asking him for?
(a) Money
(b) Advice
(c) Attention
(d) Approval

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the narrator in "After Malison"?

2. In "We Get Along", what does Evelyne encourage her son to do next time he sees Mrs. Spakey, his former teacher?

3. Where is Mrs. Dunbar, supposedly, when Don is killed in "Season's Greetings..."?

4. Why is the narrator of "After Malison" desperate to talk with Malison one-on-one?

5. What does the narrator find in a copy of Mein Kampf in "Barrel Fever"?

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