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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. Where does Marjorie live?
(a) Texas.
(b) California.
(c) Florida.
(d) Oregon.

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

3. Who is George's grandson that appears to be reading to him when he awakens in Chapter 1?
(a) Sam.
(b) Charlie.
(c) Roger.
(d) Andrew.

4. The narrator says of Kathleen in Chapter 2 that her "stern manner and her humorless regime mask" what?
(a) Bitterness.
(b) Longing.
(c) Depression.
(d) Hope.

5. What month is it every year when Howard meets with the hermit in Chapter 1?
(a) May.
(b) July.
(c) September.
(d) August.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the doctor that Kathleen plans to take George to after his hand has been bitten in Chapter 2?

2. What is Howard's middle name?

3. The narrator says of Howard in Chapter 2, "He resented his resentment because it was a sign of" what?

4. What is the name of Howard's family's cat in Chapter 2?

5. As Howard stands outside of his house, watching his children in the window in Chapter 2, he thinks, "I will pay my debts with" what?

(see the answer key)

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