View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, pages 247-279.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the narrator put his hand on the stove?
(a) To make himself feel something.
(b) To burn away the hosts’ ability to listen to his life.
(c) To show Gulliver that he is willing to suffer for him.
(d) To evoke Isobel’s sympathy.

2. What question does the narrator asks Isobel, which Isobel says has been a constant for her whole marriage to Andrew Martin?
(a) Who’s going to stop me?
(b) What’s in it for you?
(c) How will you live without me?
(d) Why do you think I care?

3. What does the narrator say human news is about?
(a) Mathematics.
(b) Humans.
(c) Astronomy.
(d) War.

4. What is the narrator’s favorite primer number?
(a) 97.
(b) 13.
(c) 617.
(d) 7.

5. What does the narrator’s virus change Gulliver’s bullies’ names to on Facebook?
(a) I hurt because I am hurt.
(b) I beg for your forgiveness.
(c) I am a source of shame.
(d) I have behaved badly.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator tell Ari when Ari comes to visit him after he is attacked?

2. Where does the narrator follow Gulliver to, when he sees him during school hours?

3. What does the narrator say he found terrifying about making love with Maggie?

4. What is the title of Isobel’s novel?

5. What effect does the TV have on the narrator’s pain?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 279 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample