View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, pages 149-179.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the narrator hang up on Andrew Martin’s mother?
(a) Because Isobel comes into the room with a question for him.
(b) Because he needs to talk to Gulliver about school.
(c) Because there are no cosmic consequences if he does.
(d) Because he is afraid she will see that he is not her son.

2. What prevents the narrator from telling Ari about his origins?
(a) A violet headache.
(b) Ari’s wife shows up.
(c) Maggie phones him.
(d) Gulliver interrupts.

3. What does the narrator say is the color of home?
(a) Violet.
(b) Pink.
(c) Blue.
(d) Maroon.

4. How does the narrator characterize the light in the interrogation room?
(a) Thin.
(b) Bountiful.
(c) Murky.
(d) Stark.

5. Where does the narrator follow Gulliver to, when he sees him during school hours?
(a) The train tracks.
(b) The highway.
(c) The city center.
(d) The river.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first question the narrator feels he has given the right answer to?

2. What color does the narrator say Gulliver is dressed in, when he interrupts him on the phone?

3. Why does the narrator call Andrew Martin’s mother back, after he hangs up on her?

4. What is the top secret thing Ari mentions to the narrator?

5. How does the narrator characterize Maggie’s gaze?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 298 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample