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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 17, 18 and 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Chapter 7 end?
(a) With a fight between Jean and Dagmar.
(b) With a fight between Tobey and the author.
(c) With the author running away.
(d) With a narration about a bike ride.

2. What was the name of the bitter pianist?
(a) Dyer.
(b) Derek.
(c) Donald.
(d) Don.

3. What does the author recall about the conditions of the person he remembers in Chapter 1?
(a) That he was in and out of mental hospitals during his childhood.
(b) That he was poor.
(c) That he was a stable, reliable man.
(d) That he was rich.

4. Why was the author disappointed with the people he met at dinner in Chapter 15?
(a) They went to the first class area.
(b) They went to bed early.
(c) They went to the pool.
(d) They went home.

5. According to the prologue, when did the author find himself racing home?
(a) After school.
(b) Before dinner.
(c) In the middle of the night.
(d) After work.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT a description of Tobey when the author visited him in the trip he described in Chapter 14?

2. In Chapter 3, what did the author note about Jean in their debate?

3. What does the prologue offer the reader?

4. What was the name of the person the author mentioned being frightened by in Chapter 2?

5. What were the author's two short-lived jobs in the visit he described in Chapter 14?

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