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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, Part 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sabbath think Roseanna uses as an excuse to delay leaving him?
(a) The abuse she suffered at the hands of her father.
(b) Her lack of money and a place to go.
(c) Her inability to function on her own.
(d) Her fear of being alone.

2. What does Sabbath see in Fish's house?
(a) His mother's sideboard.
(b) His father's hunting trophy.
(c) His old record player.
(d) Morty's guitar.

3. Why does Sabbath think that Nikki might have disappeared?
(a) Because she wanted to be with her family.
(b) Because she wanted to fulfill her dreams of traveling in Europe.
(c) Because she saw him in bed with Roseanna.
(d) Because she was having an affair, and left to be with her lover.

4. Why did Barrett look uncomfortable at Drenka's funeral?
(a) Because he disliked several people who were present.
(b) Because dead bodies made him very uncomfortable.
(c) Because he was there with his pregnant wife.
(d) Because he knew that Sabbath was aware of his affair with Drenka.

5. What happened to Sabbath's mother when Morty died?
(a) She disappeared.
(b) She spent all of her time on the boardwalk, talking to her dead son.
(c) She committed suicide.
(d) She was hospitalized after having suffered a nervous breakdown.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Crawford say about Sabbath's family?

2. As the novel opens, who issues an ultimatum to Sabbath?

3. How did Sabbath run into Matija?

4. Under what type of government was Drenka raised?

5. Why does Sabbath refuse to read the newspapers that Norman gives him?

(see the answer key)

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