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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Less At Last.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What simile does the narrator use to describe the way in which Robert has cared for his mind throughout his life?
(a) Like an eagle with her young.
(b) Like a wolverine with her young.
(c) Like a tiger with her young.
(d) Like a lion with her young.

2. For whom is the stadium in Parque Mexico named?
(a) Englebert Humperdink.
(b) Charles Lindbergh.
(c) Oscar Zeta Acosta.
(d) Cesar Chavez.

3. When the restaurant staff at the third Kyoto restaurant ask Arthur to break the latticed paper wall so that he can escape, what is one feeling that he does not immediately have?
(a) He feels alone.
(b) He feels unpopular.
(c) He feels gleeful.
(d) He feels old.

4. What color is the theme of the party at which Freddy and Arthur meet for the first time?
(a) Red.
(b) Blue.
(c) White.
(d) Gold.

5. What news does Arthur receive from Marian during his stay in Kyoto?
(a) Marian has remarried.
(b) Robert has died.
(c) Robert has had a stroke.
(d) Robert has divorced her.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what city had Arthur Less spent his fortieth birthday, alone and lonely?

2. To which organization did Arthur and his sister donate most of their mother's belongings upon her death?

3. What natural event occurs that traps the group inside the Bedouin encampment?

4. What reason is given for Arthur's lack of a watch in the novel's opening scene?

5. Though the GPS in Arthur's rental car in Kyoto works at first, once outside the city limits, it places Arthur squarely in the middle of what body of water?

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