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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is notable about this book?
(a) It is unpublished.
(b) It is written in French.
(c) It is an uncompleted novel.
(d) It is a biography.

3. Truman Capote was popular from ______________________.
(a) the early 1950s into the early 1970s.
(b) the late 1960s into the early 1980s.
(c) the late 1970s into the early 1990s.
(d) the late 1940s into the early 1960s.

4. Why does Jones say it was too late for him to move to the country?
(a) The farm he was interested sold to someone else.
(b) He had already headed to the Earth's interior.
(c) He was living in a townhouse.
(d) He already bought property in a suburb.

5. For which of the following is Truman Capote NOT known?
(a) Highly visible social life.
(b) Eccentric behavior.
(c) Home remodeling projects.
(d) Bisexuality.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jones imply that he is considering?

2. What did Capote change during the writing of this book?

3. How can Capote's private persona be generally described?

4. Who is most probably the narrator of the book?

5. The book focuses on the lives of people in _______________.

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