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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With whom has Milton been having an affair for many years?
(a) Deborah Brackman.
(b) Doris Bowman.
(c) Dolly Bonner.
(d) Dorothy Barton.

2. What did Milton learn to do in college?
(a) Study.
(b) Drive.
(c) Drink heavily.
(d) Shoot heroin.

3. What did Helen call the person in #48?
(a) A scourge.
(b) A devil.
(c) A witch.
(d) An embarrassment.

4. Why does Milton ask Dolly to accompany him to the train station?
(a) She is good in a crisis.
(b) He can't manage his grief without her.
(c) Helen wouldn't go.
(d) She had offered to drive.

5. Where is the train at the beginning of Chapter 2?
(a) It is at the station.
(b) It has come and gone.
(c) It is stalled two miles from the station.
(d) It has not left its departure station.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who becomes hysterical when Maudie is found bound and gagged?

2. What happens to the hearse carrying the body from the train station?

3. Who was Dolly's ex-husband?

4. As the novel opens, the narrator describes a train trip from __________________ to Port Warwick.

5. What does Milton recall about Dolly?

(see the answer key)

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