Barrel Fever: Stories and Essays Quiz | Eight Week Quiz D

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Barrel Fever: Stories and Essays Quiz | Eight Week Quiz D

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did a piece of tissue become stuck in the narrator's ear in "Music for Lovers"?
(a) His daughter pushes it into his ear.
(b) He accidentally pushed it in there with a sharp object.
(c) He put it in there to drown out the sound of Anita O'Day's music.
(d) He put it in there to drown out the sound of his daughter's music.

2. What genre could "Parade" be classified as?
(a) Autobiography
(b) Satire
(c) Drama
(d) Realistic fiction

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

4. How does the narrator of "Parade" feel about how he was treated by his parents when he was a child?
(a) He was smothered by his mother's love.
(b) He had a perfectly happy childhood.
(c) He did not get the love he deserved.
(d) He was doted on by his parents.

5. Why does Melinda begin crying in "Glen's Homophobia Newsletter"?
(a) Glen refuses one of her casserole meals.
(b) Glen fires her.
(c) Glen tells her she is homophobic.
(d) Glen refuses her romantic advances.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Glen's Homophobia Newsletter", what does Glen picture Drew as in one of his "dreams"?

2. Why does Brandon Tartikoff offer Don a contract for his life story in "Don's Story"?

3. Who does the narrator of "Parade" have a relationship with that he says "the press is having a field day over"?

4. In "We Get Along", what does Evelyne encourage her son to do next time he sees Mrs. Spakey, his former teacher?

5. In "We Get Along", why is Evelyne obsessed with the initials W.S.?

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