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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 5, when does the narrator say he would be going mad in this canyon?
(a) October 3.
(b) September 1.
(c) November 1.
(d) September 3.

2. What does Jack fear in the brush as he travels down the road in Chapter 3?
(a) Bears.
(b) Raccoons.
(c) Rattlesnakes.
(d) Bats.

3. The narrator writes in Chapter 3, "I'm afraid to go down there--I am affrayed in the old _____ sense of being frayed by a whip."
(a) Terrible.
(b) Sharp.
(c) Edgar Allan Poe.
(d) Edmund Spenser.

4. With whom did the producers of the television show send Jack out after his performance?
(a) A Hollywood starlet.
(b) The host of the show.
(c) A prostitute.
(d) A Hollywood agent.

5. What month is it when Jack is in the cabin in Chapter 6?
(a) July.
(b) September.
(c) October.
(d) August.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator writes that within what time period, he lost complete control of the peace mechanisms of his mind?

2. What does the narrator say it's called when he rearranges the rock in the stream in Chapter 6?

3. In his last line of Chapter 6, the narrator says the best thing is to not be what?

4. What book does Jack refer to reading in the cabin at 3 a.m. in Chapter 5?

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

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