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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the blind man remark about the narrator’s television set, saying, “Don’t ask me how, but I can tell”?
(a) That it is a small television set
(b) That it is an old television set
(c) That it is a color television set
(d) That the sound seems rough

2. What does the blind man take from his back pocket as he and the narrator are talking and watching television late at night?
(a) A handkerchief
(b) A wallet
(c) A bag
(d) A book

3. The narrator says of the “officer-to-be” that he’d been his wife’s what?
(a) Childhood sweetheart
(b) Familial enemy
(c) School rival
(d) Cousin

4. Where is Travis A.F.B. located?
(a) New Jersey
(b) Kansas
(c) Georgia
(d) California

5. How did the blind man’s wife die?
(a) She was in a car accident
(b) She died of cancer
(c) She committed suicide
(d) She died in childbirth

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the narrator’s final comment to the blind man in the story?

2. Where did the narrator’s wife fall asleep after overdosing on pills while at Travis A.F.B.?

3. What does the narrator describe as “little statues carved to look like monsters”?

4. The narrator says that his wife first contacted the blind man after how much time had passed since she’d worked for him?

5. What is another word for “arc-boutant” used in the story?

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