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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 20, Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of the experimental boarding school the author attended in Chapter 1?
(a) Freemont.
(b) Freemount.
(c) Freedman.
(d) Freeman.

2. What was the author's family's cleaning lady's name, who lived in Harlem?
(a) Madge.
(b) Maggie.
(c) Margaret.
(d) Midge.

3. What did the author and his family salvage in Chapter 6?
(a) Their car.
(b) Usable wood.
(c) A newspaper article.
(d) A plant.

4. What did the frightening experience the author recalled at the end of Chapter 2 do for him?
(a) Changed his view of the world.
(b) Made him never drink alcohol.
(c) Made him a better man.
(d) Made him quit smoking.

5. What did the person who told the author he lost do to make Tobey lose the game in Chapter 6?
(a) Blocked the finish line.
(b) Was not watching to validly say who won or lost.
(c) Did not time the race.
(d) Moved his rings aside.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was the author's apartment in Chapter 5?

2. What was the name of the person the author mentioned being frightened by in Chapter 2?

3. In Chapter 5, who was the pianist jealous over?

4. Who did Alison have a complex relationship with in Chapter 16?

5. What did the author pretend to do on the car ride home in Chapter 6?

(see the answer key)

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