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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With what is the conversation between Frank and Pollock juxtaposed?
(a) Frank's thoughts about Pollock.
(b) Frank's thoughts about his career in Europe.
(c) Frank's memories of his father.
(d) His account that he later gives to April and her reactions.

2. What does Frank do with the pile of papers on his desk?
(a) He throws them all in the trash.
(b) He goes through them, trying to throw them out, rather than reading them and taking action.
(c) He ignores them.
(d) He reads them and decides what should be done with them.

3. With what is April energized?
(a) Taking care of her children.
(b) Her work as a housewife.
(c) Planning gatherings for her friends.
(d) Tasks such as getting passports and looking into overseas employment.

4. How do both April and Frank feel as children?
(a) Happy.
(b) Lonely.
(c) Spoiled.
(d) Shy.

5. What does Frank fend off?
(a) Invitations from other co-workers to join them for lunch.
(b) Repeated calls from his wife.
(c) Maureen's flirtatious behavior.
(d) His boss.

Short Answer Questions

1. As they sip their tea, what does Helen Givings do?

2. What is making a mechanical screeching sound from the backyard?

3. What does Frank have Maureen Grube do?

4. What does Frank use to create a walkway in the front of the house?

5. How do the Wheelers become more and more like the shallow suburbanites they loathe?

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