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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1: Part 5 (pp. 68-93).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Section 1: Part 5", where does the narrator say he isn't when he says: "where [he is] neither alive nor..."
(a) Avoiding people.
(b) Dead.
(c) The other place.
(d) Gone.

2. What does the narrator struggle to write?
(a) A biography.
(b) An academic paper.
(c) A summary.
(d) A news article.

3. In "Section 1: Part 3", what does the narrator say he once argued with Claire about?
(a) If he was lonely enough to marry again.
(b) If he was sober enough to drive home.
(c) If she was old enough to control her life.
(d) If they would ever be friends.

4. What is Myles' physical ailment?
(a) He has polio.
(b) He is blind.
(c) He is mute.
(d) He has a limp.

5. How did Myles interrupt the narrator the first time he was alone with Mrs. Grace?
(a) He wanted to use the phone.
(b) He said he was hurt.
(c) He wanted something to eat.
(d) He was chasing a dog.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say he remembers most about the dairy farmer?

2. In "Section 1: Part 2", how does the narrator describe his pains?

3. What does the narrator say that he saw at the Grace picnic that troubled him?

4. In "Section 1: Part 5", how does the narrator describe the chance to be with the Grace family at a picnic?

5. In "Section 1: Part 4", what does the narrator say he once contemplated doing to Myles?

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