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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1 (Chapters 1 - 4) .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Ryan and Adrian steal from shops as children?
(a) Food.
(b) Books.
(c) Cigarettes.
(d) Action figures.

2. What branch of the military did Valerie serve in?
(a) The Marines.
(b) The Army.
(c) The Navy.
(d) The Air Force.

3. How does Valerie's older brother die?
(a) He died of AIDS.
(b) He died of a heart attack.
(c) He died in a robbery.
(d) He died of cancer.

4. What does Ryan wait for from his father as a child?
(a) Ryan waits for his father's books in the mail.
(b) Ryan waits for his father's old movie collection in the mail.
(c) Ryan waits for his father to send him money he had promised to send.
(d) Ryan waits for boxes of things his father had promised to send Ryan, but never does.

5. Who is the teacher Ryan adores from his elementary school years?
(a) Mr. Levine.
(b) Mrs. Fischer.
(c) Mr. Noda.
(d) Mrs. Hughes.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Valerie meet Cecil, Ryan's father?

2. Which singer prefers to wear a form-fitting dress that the Met's fashion adviser does not like?

3. What kind of work did Cecil, Ryan's father, once perform?

4. What does Valerie tell Bergner about her life that she never told Ryan or Adrian?

5. What caused the scars on the backs of Ryan's legs?

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