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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter10 and What Story Down There Awaits Its End?.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author assume about the reader throughout the book?
(a) That the reader likes to read.
(b) That the reader is poor.
(c) That the reader is a teenager.
(d) That the reader is a man.

2. Where does the main character of "Leaning from the Steep Slope" walk every day?
(a) Along the harbor.
(b) Around a pond.
(c) Along the lake.
(d) Along a hiking trail.

3. In "What Story Down There Awaits its End?", what is the name of the woman the main character wants to see?
(a) Franziska.
(b) Erikanska.
(c) Mariska.
(d) Doniska.

4. What does Miyagi want the young man to gather for them in "On the Carpet of Leaves Illuminated by the Moon"?
(a) Small lizards..
(b) Herbs.
(c) Berries.
(d) Water lilies.

5. What type of company did the man in "In a Network of Lines that Intersect" found?
(a) Protection against identity theft.
(b) Childcare.
(c) Restaurant.
(d) Protection against kidnapping.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the Director claim to read?

2. According to Irnerio, where would Marana's former lover run to if he returned?

3. Who agrees that the reader needs to see a publisher but does not want to go by himself/herself?

4. For what does the author chastise the reader?

5. Of whom does Flannery become jealous?

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