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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16, 17 & 18.

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 rope.
(c) A thermos.
(d) A pillow.

2. Who does the narrator say has prevailed over the American male's ideals now in Chapter 10?
(a) The P.T.A.
(b) The television.
(c) Family.
(d) The A.S.P.C.A.

3. Who does Jack curse himself for returning to the cabin with later in Chapter 5?
(a) Arthur Ma.
(b) George Baso.
(c) Dave Wain.
(d) Cody Pomeray.

4. For how long does the narrator write that he will go crazy in Chapter 8?
(a) Three weeks.
(b) One week.
(c) Two weeks.
(d) Three days.

5. What novel does the narrator say he read in the shack with a shrug in Chapter 7?
(a) "Steppenwolf."
(b) "The End of Time."
(c) "Ulysses."
(d) "Finnegan's Wake."

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the new generation of kids who wear ragged but strangely elegant clothing called?

2. 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."

3. What is Jack happy to find along the road in Chapter 3?

4. What does the narrator envy of Montesanto's?

5. How old does the narrator say he is in the beginning of the book?

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