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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do the narrator and J.P. look forward to meals?
(a) They think the food at the facility is good.
(b) They feel hungry all the time.
(c) They hope they will be hungry.
(d) It gives them something to do.

2. What accident does J.P. have at work?
(a) Chokes on soot.
(b) Gets stuck in a chimney.
(c) Falls off a porch.
(d) Falls off a roof.

3. What day of the week is it when the landlord performs the task that the narrator remembers?
(a) Sunday.
(b) Saturday.
(c) The narrator can't remember.
(d) Friday.

4. How does the narrator describe himself and others at the facility?
(a) As drunks.
(b) As losers.
(c) As addicts.
(d) As alcoholics.

5. On New Year's Eve, who asks for champagne as a joke?
(a) The narrator.
(b) Tiny.
(c) The patient who travels.
(d) J.P.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose head is described as "too small for the rest of his body"?

2. What word does the narrator constantly use to describe his girlfriend's teenager?

3. What name does the narrator's wife call him the last time they spoke?

4. Where does the character that the narrator calls "the guy who travels" say he goes regularly?

5. What nickname does J.P. call the narrator?

(see the answer key)

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