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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is J.P.?
(a) Twenty-two.
(b) About thirty.
(c) Forty.
(d) Thirty-eight.

2. When did the narrator read the short story he mentions?
(a) High school.
(b) College.
(c) When he was married.
(d) He doesn't remember when.

3. Whose head is described as "too small for the rest of his body"?
(a) The proprietor.
(b) Tiny.
(c) The narrator's landlord.
(d) J.P.

4. What part of J.P.'s body gets broken in a fight?
(a) Arm.
(b) Thumb.
(c) Hand.
(d) Nose.

5. After his girlfriend leaves, where does the narrator sit?
(a) In his room.
(b) On the porch.
(c) On the staircase.
(d) In a big chair in the main room.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is J.P.'s real name?

2. What word does the narrator use for a drink?

3. Where does the proprietor tell the narrator and J.P. they can get the book he recommends?

4. What does a kiss from a chimney sweep supposedly bring?

5. What is Tiny's profession?

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