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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What part of J.P.'s body gets broken on the job?
(a) Thumb.
(b) Nose.
(c) Leg.
(d) Arm.

2. How does the narrator pay for his stay at the facility?
(a) Check.
(b) Credit card.
(c) He arranges to be billed.
(d) Cash.

3. In the story, what is the chimney a metaphor for?
(a) Rigidity.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Alcoholism.
(d) Salvation.

4. What is the name of the narrator's landlord?
(a) Mr. Pastorini.
(b) Mr. Contadini.
(c) Mr. Venturini.
(d) Mr. Orsini.

5. Where does the proprietor tell the narrator and J.P. they can get the book he recommends?
(a) He has a spare copy.
(b) At the library.
(c) At a bookstore.
(d) Inside the facility.

Short Answer Questions

1. What part of J.P.'s body does he say his wife could "set atremble"?

2. What did the famous writer who lived near the facility die of?

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

4. What causes blackouts, according to "the guy who travels"?

5. Where did J.P. grow up?

(see the answer key)

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