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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Abstracts.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of New Year's Eve cake is it?
(a) Marble.
(b) White with pink lettering.
(c) German chocolate.
(d) Chocolate with pink lettering.

2. Who calls for an ambulance after Tiny's fall?
(a) J.P.
(b) The narrator.
(c) An unnamed patient.
(d) The proprietor.

3. Where do the narrator and his girlfriend decide to have Christmas dinner?
(a) The girlfriend's apartment.
(b) A diner.
(c) A steak restaurant.
(d) The narrator's house.

4. What does the teenager say when the narrator and his girlfriend are leaving for the facility?
(a) "Drive safely."
(b) "I'll be gone when you get back."
(c) "The hell with you."
(d) "Good riddance."

5. What reason does J.P. give for his starting to drink heavily?
(a) Losing his job.
(b) Money problems.
(c) Marital problems.
(d) He doesn't give one.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the beginning of the story, what physical symptom is the narrator having that concerns him?

2. How long is Tiny in the hospital after his fall?

3. What was J.P. doing when he met his wife?

4. Why does the narrator say he knows he will see his girlfriend again?

5. Where did J.P. grow up?

(see the answer key)

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