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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13 - 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why are Philip pulled over by a policeman while in the car?
(a) His headlight was out.
(b) He was speeding.
(c) He was driving on the wrong side of the road.
(d) He was driving erratically.

2. Why did Philip quit college?
(a) He couldn't get a student loan.
(b) It was too easy and boring.
(c) He had to support his mother.
(d) He wasn't cut out for academic life.

3. What does Cristina complain about when Philip visits her and Billy in Paris?
(a) The price of artichokes.
(b) How hot it is in the apartment.
(c) How little sex she and Billy have.
(d) Her lost luggage.

4. What do the narrator's thoughts continue to revolve around in Chapter 10?
(a) Philip and Anne-Marie.
(b) Claude.
(c) Getting a job.
(d) Going back to college.

5. From what country has Philip Dean just returned?
(a) Italy.
(b) Spain.
(c) Germany.
(d) England.

Short Answer Questions

1. What body marks does the chubby woman on the train have?

2. Where does the narrator go after seeing the children's game?

3. What is the narrator's Autun experience?

4. What is the phase in a person's life when he abandons the world when it becomes too much to bear?

5. At what type of business does Monsieur Jobs work?

(see the answer key)

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