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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12, The Long Farewell.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does David's grandmother compare talking about the past to?
(a) Opening Hell.
(b) Teasing a rabid dog.
(c) Entering a beehive.
(d) Opening Pandora's box.

2. What are the two names that David calls his mother?
(a) Mommy and Mom.
(b) Mom and The Monster.
(c) Mommy and The Mother.
(d) Mother and The Monster.

3. Right before leaving his mother's home with his wife and son, what does his mother beg him to do?
(a) Give her a hug.
(b) Call her Mom.
(c) Never come back again.
(d) Stay.

4. What is David's last thought of 1985?
(a) How much he loves Patsy.
(b) Unworthiness of being a father.
(c) How everything is going to be great.
(d) How much he loves his mother.

5. What is the name of the sergeant who fixes the problem with David's paperwork?
(a) Regan.
(b) O'Riley.
(c) Daniels.
(d) Blue.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does David remember his mother looking like when he was a child?

2. Why does Patsy say that the luncheon she received an award for David at "wasn't all that?"

3. Why is there no casket at the funeral of David's father?

4. Where do David and Patsy move to soon after they marry?

5. What was the name of the principal that called David's mother everyday while he was in school?

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