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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2: the Meeting, the Letter, the Second Meeting.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who writes to the narrator from Messrs. Coyle, Innes and Black in Chapter 2?
(a) Rebecca Anderson.
(b) Anne Collier.
(c) Eleanor Marriott.
(d) Janet Williams.

2. What is the name of the two-disc boxed set by Donovan that the narrator describes having owned in college in Chapter 1?
(a) Barbabajagal.
(b) Cosmic Wheels.
(c) What's Bin Di and What's Bin Hid.
(d) A Gift from a Flower to a Garden.

3. What did Veronica tell the narrator that the only purpose of a woman's period was?
(a) To cause pain and agony.
(b) To punish womankind.
(c) To tell you when to have a baby.
(d) To tell you you are not pregnant.

4. What is Veronica's last name?
(a) Webster.
(b) Williams.
(c) Ford.
(d) Frank.

5. Why did Adrian write to the narrator during his senior year of college?
(a) To ask him to come on vacation wih him.
(b) To tell him he was quitting school.
(c) To tell him he was committing suicide.
(d) To ask for permission to date Veronica.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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)?

2. During what decade did the narrator attend college?

3. In asking if characters change over time, the narrator states in Chapter 2, "Our attitudes and opinions change; we develop new habits and eccentricities; but that's something different, more like" what (194-195)?

4. Of what poet did Phil Dixon say "Of course, we're all wondering what will happen when he runs out of animals" (16)?

5. What does the narrator describe as Veronica's "comfort book" in Chapter 1 (49)?

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