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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1: High School and Robson's Suicide.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator describe Old Joe Hunt always wearing in Chapter 1?
(a) A three-piece suit.
(b) A baseball cap.
(c) A striped sweater and slacks.
(d) A coat jacket and jeans.

2. Which of his friends does the narrator describe as denouncing his family in Chapter 1?
(a) Colin.
(b) Alex.
(c) Paul.
(d) Adrian.

3. What word in Chapter 1 means behaving in an obsequious way to gain advantage?
(a) Sycophantic.
(b) Gregarious.
(c) Sarcastic.
(d) Petulant.

4. What does the narrator describe being tossed into a wet sink, causing it to steam in the opening of Chapter 1?
(a) A hot knife.
(b) A hot
(c) A hot frying pan.
(d) A hot iron.

5. The narrator suggests in Chapter 1 that "it takes only the smallest pleasure or pain to teach us" what (11)?
(a) "Regret."
(b) "How to love."
(c) "Time's maleability."
(d) "What life is about."

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator questions in Chapter 1 whether there is "anything more plausible than" what (11)?

2. What musical instrument did Adrian play, according to the narrator in Chapter 1?

3. The narrator notes in Chapter 1 that when teasing or calling his friends to seriousness, Adrian would address the narrator by what name?

4. Phil Dixon once compared a Shakespearean to what actor?

5. By whom was Adrian raised?

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