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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What piece of office equipment does Howie feel has lagged behind other innovations by ten years?
(a) Copiers.
(b) Staplers.
(c) Phones.
(d) Hole punchers.

2. Howie connected learning how to tie shoes with a couplet by _____.
(a) Emerson.
(b) Pope.
(c) Shakespeare.
(d) Wordsworth.

3. What does Howie describe in great detail in the first paragraph of the book?
(a) Shoelaces.
(b) Clocks.
(c) Escalator.
(d) Revolving doors.

4. What time does Howie enter his office building at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Noon.
(b) Two o'clock.
(c) One o'clock.
(d) Nine o'clock.

5. Howie always needs to have ______ while he walks.
(a) One hand free.
(b) A bag.
(c) Something to eat.
(d) Something to drink.

Short Answer Questions

1. What adult technique did Howie refine as a child?

2. What does Howie remove just before going to lunch?

3. How long has Howie owned his shoes for work?

4. Howie compares sneaker shoelaces to _________ at the end of Chapter 1.

5. Howie's first reason that it is okay for brain cells to die is that it's part of a necessary ______.

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