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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Taylor given many of the narrator's job duties in "Firestone"?
(a) Taylor is more qualified.
(b) The narrator is incapable of performing the duties.
(c) Taylor claims he has a child to support.
(d) The manager likes Taylor better than the narrator.

2. Why does Brandon Tartikoff offer Don a contract for his life story in "Don's Story"?
(a) He thinks this is the only thing that will make Don leave him alone.
(b) He believes the story contains everything that makes a story interesting.
(c) He feels sorry for Don.
(d) He wants to humiliate Don by telling his story in a movie.

3. Why did the Anita O'Day begin taking drugs in "Music for Lovers"?
(a) Because she had a difficult childhood.
(b) Because she was pressured by a former boyfriend.
(c) Because she felt like it.
(d) Because she grew up surrounded by drug dealers.

4. What is found in the bathroom of a Sunoco station in "Firestone"?
(a) A baby girl
(b) Clothing
(c) A large sum of money
(d) A baby boy

5. Why does the narrator of "Music for Lovers" want to remove his uvula?
(a) He wants to be like Anita O'Day.
(b) He believes it will make him a better singer.
(c) He is disgusted by it.
(d) He is a masochist.

Short Answer Questions

1. What concerns the narrator of "Firestone" most about Taylor?

2. In "We Get Along", what does the narrator's mother do the night after her husband's funeral?

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

4. What does the narrator of "Parade" say people are constantly asking him for?

5. What point of view is "Parade" written in?

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