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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9-13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT an item in the narrator's duffel bag in "After Malison"?
(a) Bethany's manuscript
(b) Malison's books
(c) Birth control
(d) A change of clothes

2. What does the narrator of "My Manuscript" aspire to become?
(a) A writer
(b) A truck driver
(c) A doctor
(d) A professional golfer

3. How does Chad's father "punish" him for quitting guitar lessons in "My Manuscript"?
(a) He forces him to go to guitar class every day.
(b) He locks him in his room for days.
(c) He makes him teach himself to play the guitar using instructional records.
(d) He gives his expensive guitar away to a more deserving child.

4. Why did Dawn of "Music for Lovers" have her feet amputated?
(a) The doctors were overzealous.
(b) They were injured when she fell off of the roof.
(c) They were gangrenous.
(d) Her feet were dirty.

5. How old was the narrator of "Music for Lovers"'s daughter, Dawn, when she fell off the roof?
(a) 15
(b) 12
(c) 25
(d) 10

Short Answer Questions

1. What bothers the narrator of "Music for Lovers" most about his daughter's boyfriend, Rusty?

2. How does the narrator attempt to keep Mrs. Peacock out of his room in "My Manuscript"?

3. Why did Terry Glassman destroy his typewriter in "My Manuscript"?

4. What is found in the bathroom of a Sunoco station in "Firestone"?

5. What does Don do to Mrs. Toni when she ridicules his dreams of stardom in "Don's Story"?

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