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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "The Story of a Dead Man".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Billy do as the prison guard leads him away?
(a) Stares at William.
(b) Sings and laughs.
(c) Begs William to save him.
(d) Talks to his dead mother.

2. How many years is Billy at the farm before he is paroled?
(a) 7.
(b) 15.
(c) 10.
(d) 5.

3. What is the only thing Billy wants from William when he visits him at the farm?
(a) To stop talking and give him some gum.
(b) To go across the road and buy him lunch.
(c) To help him get away from the farm.
(d) To talk about his mother.

4. Which of the following is true about the narrator's father?
(a) He spoils the narrator.
(b) He loves dancing and Northern pretentious.
(c) He is abusive and violent.
(d) He throws tantrums.

5. Why do many of the boys get off at Gweneth's stop?
(a) To be sure not to miss anything.
(b) To hear her say "bye y'all."
(c) To watch her walk away.
(d) To fight over who gets to walk her home.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Billy Renfro accomplished at doing?

2. What is Billy's job at Dillingham Automotives, Inc.?

3. What does the note from the narrator's father say will happen if he has to dance?

4. Where does Leon get the impression that Gweneth likes to hear boys blow their own horns?

5. What does the narrator tell Mrs. Boswell at recess that makes her laugh?

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