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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 37 – 68; [May break my bones…], Speech Shadowing (Jonathan).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the narrator characterize the spread in debate?
(a) Radical.
(b) A commonplace.
(c) A violation of rules.
(d) Controversial.

2. What is Darren doing at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Being interrogated.
(b) Drinking with friends.
(c) Hiding in the woods.
(d) Walking home.

3. How old was Adam when he had his picture taken with Bob Dole?
(a) 15.
(b) 17.
(c) 16.
(d) 18.

4. What is the spread in debate?
(a) A technique for misleading opponents’ arguments.
(b) A technique for refuting opponents’ arguments through inference.
(c) A technique for picking apart opponents’ arguments.
(d) A technique for scoring points by speaking at high speeds.

5. When does the narrator say Jonathan married his first wife?
(a) When they finished their doctorates.
(b) When they both graduated high school.
(c) When they got unexpectedly pregnant.
(d) After they had each lost a parent.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Jonathan see contempt coming from, which made him want to leave the Met?

2. What is Adam’s specialty in debate?

3. Where were Jonathan and his first wife married?

4. How did Darren believe he acquired magic powers?

5. What was the first thing Darren’s powers supposedly manifested?

(see the answer key)

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