View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Unspoiled Monsters, pp. 1 - 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is P.B. Jones?
(a) The narrator.
(b) A bartender.
(c) A florist.
(d) An editor.

2. What is Fox's first theory of what happened to the rest of this book?
(a) A full manuscript was never completed.
(b) More chapters are in a safe deposit box.
(c) A full manuscript is forgotten somewhere.
(d) A few more chapters were burned in a house fire.

3. How can Capote's private persona be generally described?
(a) Aggressive.
(b) Confident.
(c) Hostile.
(d) Insecure.

4. On what holiday did Jones' marriage break up?
(a) Thanksgiving.
(b) New Years Day.
(c) Christmas.
(d) Fourth of July.

5. What could have been the reason Capote never finished the book?
(a) He got too ill to complete it.
(b) He died before he could finish it.
(c) He knew it would never achieve his standards.
(d) He simply got tired of writing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jones imply that he is considering?

2. Where did Jones move with money he earned?

3. Why does Jones say it was too late for him to move to the country?

4. Who is Turner Boatwright?

5. Where did Jones grow up?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 228 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample