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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator say he spends nights thinking about the usefulness of in Chapter 7?
(a) A wire scourer.
(b) A thermos.
(c) A pillow.
(d) A rope.

2. The narrator writes that the flies retreat at night like polite _____ flies in Chapter 5.
(a) Sylvia Plath.
(b) Emily Dickinson.
(c) William Wordsworth.
(d) Midnight.

3. What color is the bridge where Jack is let off from the cab in Chapter 3?
(a) Brown.
(b) White.
(c) Black.
(d) Gray.

4. What does the narrator compare the black rocks to in Chapter 4?
(a) Prisons.
(b) Snakes.
(c) Castles.
(d) Vultures.

5. What is Jack happy to find along the road in Chapter 3?
(a) The cliff.
(b) The trees.
(c) The creek.
(d) The bridge.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which author does the narrator say wrote the inanities of the sea because he wasn't going to do it when he's dead?

2. The narrator writes in Chapter 10, "With my mind even and upright and abiding nowhere, as ____ would say."

3. What does the narrator see on his porch from the mailbox which makes him happy in Chapter 9?

4. How much money does the narrator pay for a cab down the coast in Chapter 3?

5. Who wrote, "You go out in joy and in sadness you return"?

(see the answer key)

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