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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters Five and Six.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Sylvia decides to move to "the darkest place in America," (151) which reportedly is located in which state?
(a) Alaska.
(b) Nevada.
(c) Colorado.
(d) New Mexico.

2. Chapter Five opens with a joke about a man seeing a therapist about what malady?
(a) Bad dreams.
(b) Phobias.
(c) Anxiety.
(d) Depression.

3. What kind of accent does the doctor have who examines Lizzie's mole in Chapter Six?
(a) European.
(b) Australian.
(c) Japanese.
(d) Somalian.

4. Ben tells Lizzie at the end of the novel that the sounds she heard were what objects?
(a) Sirens.
(b) Barking dogs.
(c) Thunder claps.
(d) Walnuts.

5. Sylvia's podcast predicts what sort of future for humankind?
(a) A bleak future.
(b) No future.
(c) A bright future.
(d) A labor-intensive future.

Short Answer Questions

1. What show does Lizzie put on for Henry in Chapter Four, calling it a "soothing hour of television" (155)?

2. What is the theme of the joke featured at the beginning of Chapter Five?

3. What happens when Lizzie calls Sylvia back in Chapter Four?

4. Lizzie kneels by her bed in Chapter Six and prays "the oldest and best of prayers," (209) which she names as what?

5. Lizzie spends an hour reading about the dwindling numbers of what types of creatures?

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