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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What concerns the narrator of "Firestone" most about Taylor?
(a) Taylor cheats the narrator out of his job duties.
(b) Taylor lies to Carlton.
(c) Taylor threatens to hurt Carlton.
(d) Taylor steals from the service station.

2. Why is Taylor given many of the narrator's job duties in "Firestone"?
(a) The manager likes Taylor better than the narrator.
(b) Taylor is more qualified.
(c) Taylor claims he has a child to support.
(d) The narrator is incapable of performing the duties.

3. In "We Get Along", what does the narrator's mother do the night after her husband's funeral?
(a) She smashes the windows of her car.
(b) She plays golf.
(c) She obsessively cleans the apartment.
(d) She goes on a drinking binge.

4. In "We Get Along", why is Evelyne obsessed with the initials W.S.?
(a) They belong to her son.
(b) They belong to her dead husband.
(c) They belong to a man she left to marry the narrator's father.
(d) They belong to a woman her husband had an affair with.

5. What type of transplant is Carlton waiting for in "Firestone"?
(a) A liver transplant
(b) A heart transplant
(c) A cornea transplant
(d) A kidney transplant

Short Answer Questions

1. In "We Get Along", what does Evelyne encourage her son to do next time he sees Mrs. Spakey, his former teacher?

2. Who is Steve Dolger in "Glen's Homophobia Newsletter"?

3. Who is the narrator of "My Manuscript"?

4. Why does the narrator of "Music for Lovers" want to remove his uvula?

5. What does Chad's father buy him for Christmas in "My Manuscript"?

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