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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator decide to give himself for a birthday gift?
(a) A vacation.
(b) A cat.
(c) A virgin.
(d) An orgy.

2. What is the name of the narrator's housekeeper?
(a) Florina.
(b) Delgadina.
(c) Lucinda.
(d) Damiana.

3. What does the narrator have a reputation for being?
(a) Mean.
(b) A miser.
(c) A womanizer.
(d) Generous.

4. What did the narrator's mother die from?
(a) Broken heart.
(b) Consumption.
(c) Heart disease.
(d) Cancer.

5. What is the topic of the narrator's birthday column?
(a) Youth.
(b) Old age.
(c) His mother.
(d) Love.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is the editor-in-chief of the newspaper?

2. Who carved the narrator's writing desk?

3. How much does the narrator get paid a month to write his column?

4. What does the narrator's mother hope he will name a daughter someday?

5. What subjects did the narrator teach?

(see the answer key)

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