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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Even though Cody and Natalie are not on great terms, why is Paul jealous?
(a) Cody will always have someone loving him.
(b) He knows they will still end up together again.
(c) Natalie still gets to go to bed with Cody.
(d) Their emotions are present and real.

2. How is Paul received when he returns home over his first Christmas break from Yale?
(a) None of his friends even notice.
(b) Everyone is proud and brags about his Yale status.
(c) Bobby is excited to hear about college from his older brother.
(d) His father feels Paul is growing up to be a man.

3. What is Gus and Abbot's relationship with the Monette family?
(a) They are Bobby's doctors.
(b) They work at Cross Coal with Big Paul.
(c) They incessantly bully Bobby and Paul.
(d) Abbot has Spina bifida and Gus is his father. They are friends with the Monettes.

4. The only thing Paul recalls about his body from his middle years is __________.
(a) How smelly his armpits became.
(b) How he cut his first genital hairs because he thought it was abnormal.
(c) His allergies to bees and wasps.
(d) The fear he will never mature.

5. What does Paul imagine himself to be if he is to never come out of the closet?
(a) A depressed poet.
(b) A lonely schoolteacher.
(c) An old man like Raf.
(d) A damned fool.

Short Answer Questions

1. What angst does Cody battle as he goes through college?

2. According to Paul, what is the only dirty book he has ever read?

3. Where does Paul turn to in order to avoid going back to his cold home?

4. What opportunity does Paul see in Elihu?

5. What award does Paul get in seventh grade?

(see the answer key)

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