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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What term of endearment does the narrator use for his girlfriend?
(a) Babe.
(b) Sugar.
(c) Sweetheart.
(d) Honey.

2. What does the title of the story refer to?
(a) What the telephone operator asks the narrator.
(b) What the narrator's wife asks him.
(c) Something the narrator says to J.P.
(d) What the narrator says his wife will ask him.

3. Which of the following is J.P.'s wife NOT wearing when she visits?
(a) Knit cap.
(b) Scarf.
(c) Coat.
(d) Sweater.

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

5. In the story, what is the well a metaphor for?
(a) Despair.
(b) Childhood.
(c) Alcoholism.
(d) Self-hatred.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the other patients respond when Tiny tells his story at breakfast?

2. What is it about J.P.'s wife that "knocks him for a loop" when they first meet?

3. Which window is the narrator standing in when he is watching the landlord?

4. What does J.P. look like?

5. What accident does J.P. have at work?

(see the answer key)

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