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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does April respond to Frank?
(a) She apologizes for their fight.
(b) She begs him to stay.
(c) She shrugs him off coldly.
(d) She cries as he drives away.

2. What does Frank finally notice when he tries to apologize to his wife?
(a) She has left the house.
(b) She has taken a blanket and gone to sleep on the couch downstairs.
(c) She is asleep.
(d) She is crying.

3. Why does Frank suddenly stop making love to April?
(a) He does not love her.
(b) He feels guilty.
(c) He misses Maureen.
(d) He goes to shower to scrub off the "second skin" of Maureen Grube.

4. Where does John Givings currently live?
(a) At Greenacres, the state mental hospital.
(b) The North Fork.
(c) With his parents.
(d) In Pendleton Penitentiary.

5. About what do the Wheelers and their guests talk?
(a) The weather, the neighborhood, and dinner.
(b) Going out dancing, dinner, and what is on television.
(c) The failed play, politics, and their neighbors.
(d) The Givings' son.

Short Answer Questions

1. When April tells Frank to leave her alone, what does he do?

2. How do the others react to Franks long-winded speech?

3. How does Frank try to change the subject?

4. Why does Earl come home crestfallen?

5. What happens as Frank rides the elevator to the fifteenth floor?

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