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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2: You Have to be Cruel to be Kind.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Irene saying the first time the narrator hears her voice?
(a) She is telling Tod Friendly that she knows his true identity.
(b) She is telling Tod Friendly she loves him.
(c) She is telling Tod Friendly that she knows about his affairs with other women.
(d) She is telling Tod Friendly goodbye.

2. How does the narrator feel about Irene?
(a) He is cool to her affection.
(b) He is afraid of her.
(c) He loves her.
(d) He is disappointed by her.

3. What does the narrator see upon waking at the beginning of the book?
(a) Doctors all around.
(b) His house.
(c) Corpses all around.
(d) Main Street, USA.

4. What does the old man tell Tod Friendly after the narrator sees Tod drive his car away from the fire hydrant?
(a) "I know you from somewhere."
(b) "I need a prescription for pain."
(c) "Your driving days are over."
(d) "It is your turn to discard."

5. What does Tod Friendly think the orderlies did to him at the accident scene?
(a) Took him to the hospital.
(b) Stole his money.
(c) Kissed him.
(d) Shaved him.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many forward gears does the narrator think Tod Friendly's car has?

2. What does Tod Friendly dream about repeatedly?

3. What can the narrator control?

4. Who is the narrator?

5. What does the narrator wish he could say to Irene?

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