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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do Annette and Randy spend their time together according to the narrator of "The Last You'll Hear From Me"?
(a) Riding the escalator at the mall
(b) Taking long walks in the park
(c) Eating at Burger King
(d) Making out in Randy's car

2. What reason did the narrator's parents give for neglecting him in "Parade"?
(a) They were afraid he would reject them.
(b) They did not like him.
(c) They did not know how to be good parents.
(d) They loved his brother more than they loved him.

3. How did a piece of tissue become stuck in the narrator's ear in "Music for Lovers"?
(a) He accidentally pushed it in there with a sharp object.
(b) He put it in there to drown out the sound of his daughter's music.
(c) He put it in there to drown out the sound of Anita O'Day's music.
(d) His daughter pushes it into his ear.

4. Who does the narrator of "Parade" have a relationship with that he says "the press is having a field day over"?
(a) Patrick Buchanan
(b) Bruce Springsteen
(c) Mike Tyson
(d) Charlton Heston

5. Why does the narrator of "Music for Lovers" think it is pointless for his daughter to listen to dance music?
(a) He will not allow her out of the house to go to dances.
(b) She does not have feet, and therefore, cannot dance.
(c) She does not have legs, and therefore, cannot dance.
(d) He thinks she is destined for a career as a nightclub singer.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The phrases "'I hope it doesn't tire him out'" and "'the original boob tube'" in "Firestone" are examples of...

3. Who does the narrator say Randy thinks he looks like in "The Last You'll Hear From Me"?

4. What did Nick Papanides like to cook with eggplant in "We Get Along"?

5. What did the narrator of "Parade"'s parents predict he would become?

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