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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2: the Will, the Diary, and the Formula.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long after the narrator writes to him does John Ford respond in Chapter 2?
(a) 2 weeks later.
(b) 5 days later.
(c) 10 days later.
(d) 12 days later.

2. At whose jokes does the narrator say Veronica laughed at more easily than his own when she met his friends in Chapter 1?
(a) Adrian's.
(b) Alex's.
(c) James's.
(d) Colin's.

3. When did Alex say he had seen Adrian when meeting with the narrator to discuss his suicide in Chapter 1?
(a) Three months ago.
(b) Three weeks ago.
(c) One month ago.
(d) Two months ago.

4. In discussing modern dating, the narrator says in Chapter 1, "This made me feel like a survivor from some antique, bypassed culture whose members were still using" what "as a form of monetary exchange" (45)?
(a) "Turnips."
(b) "Salt."
(c) "Potatoes."
(d) "Dirt."

5. How much older is Veronica than the narrator?
(a) 1 year older.
(b) 5 months older.
(c) 8 months older.
(d) 2 years older.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator points out in Chapter 1 that "what you end up remembering isn't always" what (10)?

2. In the beginning of Chapter 2, the narrator describes a line that Adrian used to quote. "History is that certainty produced at the point where the imperfections of memory meet the inadequacies of" what (113)?

3. Where did Veronica depart to when she left after visiting the narrator and his friends in London in Chapter 1?

4. How does the narrator say he and his friends wore their watches in Chapter 1?

5. In describing his first visit to Veronica's parents' home in Chapter 1, the narrator says, "I was so ill at ease that I spent the entire weekend" what (56)?

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