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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9-13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the narrator of "Music for Lovers" think it is pointless for his daughter to listen to dance music?
(a) He will not allow her out of the house to go to dances.
(b) He thinks she is destined for a career as a nightclub singer.
(c) She does not have feet, and therefore, cannot dance.
(d) She does not have legs, and therefore, cannot dance.

2. Why does Vicki lose her job dispatching buses in "Jamboree"?
(a) She is having an affair with one of the mechanics.
(b) She leaves her job when her baby is born.
(c) She is rude to the people riding the buses.
(d) She is late to work because she oversleeps.

3. In "Season's Greetings", what television show does Khe Sahn learn most of her English from?
(a) One Life to Live
(b) MTV Cribs
(c) American Idol
(d) Sesame Street

4. What does the narrator find in a copy of Mein Kampf in "Barrel Fever"?
(a) His mother's racist manifesto
(b) A letter from his mother
(c) Pictures of him as a baby
(d) His mother's yearly New Year's resolutions

5. Why is "The Last You'll Hear From Me" titled thus?
(a) Its writer has decided to no longer write.
(b) Its writer is cutting off ties with his family.
(c) Its writer is moving away from society.
(d) Its writer intends to commit suicide.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Dawn begin listening to rock music, in "Music for Lovers"?

2. What does the old man say to the narrator that makes her vomit in "After Malison"?

3. What reason did the narrator's parents give for neglecting him in "Parade"?

4. What business are the narrator's parents in in "We Get Along"?

5. What bothers the narrator of "Music for Lovers" most about his daughter's boyfriend, Rusty?

(see the answer key)

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