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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, Part 1 (pages 71-90).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word used in Chapter 2 refers to a device for creating applause in theaters?
(a) Claptrap.
(b) Bungee.
(c) Proscenium.
(d) Claprock.

2. Who agrees to shave George in Chapter 1?
(a) Marjorie.
(b) Claire.
(c) Sam.
(d) Charlie.

3. What novel does Howard discover on his porch after pulling the hermit's tooth in Chapter 1?
(a) To Have and Have Not.
(b) The Great Gatsby.
(c) The Scarlet Letter.
(d) The Sun Also Rises.

4. What author did the hermit whose tooth Howard pulls attend college with, according to the narrator in Chapter 1?
(a) Percy Shelley.
(b) Nathaniel Hawthorne.
(c) Alfred, Lord Tennyson.
(d) Walt Whitman.

5. What type of vehicle does Howard drive for a living seventy years before George's death?
(a) A limousine.
(b) A wagon.
(c) A taxi.
(d) A school bus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the bootlegger that Howard sells five gallons of homemade whiskey for as an odd job?

2. The narrator says of Kathleen in Chapter 2, "Only her face is visible above the top of the bedcovers. It glows like a pale egg." What literary device is used in this example?

3. Where has George's hospital bed been placed in the beginning of the novel?

4. What is the name of George's sister that runs shrieking into the house whenever she sees wasps or spiders when they are young?

5. How is Marjorie related to George?

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