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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book Two, Judas Peckerwood: Chapters 31-36.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose house does Hank go to the morning after his night in jail?
(a) Paul Bourke's.
(b) His mother's.
(c) Tony's.
(d) Billy Quigley's.

2. What does Mr. Purty tell Hank about his father that worries Hank?
(a) That his father has had fits of crying.
(b) That his father has Alzheimer's.
(c) That his father has been having seizures.
(d) That his father is losing his hearing.

3. What does Hank learn as the meeting below him comes to an end?
(a) That none of the professors will be getting vacation time.
(b) That he has been recalled as chairman by two-thirds of the vote.
(c) That he has been transferred to the Humanities department.
(d) That the dean has taken a job in Texas.

4. What did his father notice about his lecture as he went out into the university hallway?
(a) That he remembered it, but it made no sense.
(b) It didn't help at all.
(c) He could remember the beginning and end but not the middle.
(d) He could remember it all.

5. How does Hank try to get in touch with his son-in-law the morning after his night in jail?
(a) By email.
(b) By phoning the number Russell had given him.
(c) By phoning Russell's father in Pittsburgh.
(d) By driving to Russell's house.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the cafeteria, what does Meg tell Hank she might do?

2. What does Hank do when he positions himself over the room where the meeting is?

3. After botching the first lecture, Hank's father was confident he could return to the classroom and lecture again. What was the name of the student that was last on the roll?

4. Where is Hank, when he wakes up to find his wife beside him and his father-in-law close by?

5. As Hank leaves his mother outside the large Victorian house, what does he notice?

(see the answer key)

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