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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 32 & 33.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What novel does the narrator say he read in the shack with a shrug in Chapter 7?
(a) "Ulysses."
(b) "Finnegan's Wake."
(c) "Steppenwolf."
(d) "The End of Time."

2. The narrator writes that within what time period, he lost complete control of the peace mechanisms of his mind?
(a) Four weeks.
(b) Six months.
(c) Two months.
(d) Six weeks.

3. The narrator writes that the flies retreat at night like polite _____ flies in Chapter 5.
(a) William Wordsworth.
(b) Midnight.
(c) Sylvia Plath.
(d) Emily Dickinson.

4. Where is the narrator hoping to hitchhike in Chapter 10?
(a) San Fernando.
(b) Big Sur.
(c) Monterey.
(d) San Francisco.

5. Who owns the bath house in Chapter 21?
(a) Ralph Pomeray.
(b) Daniel Bryg.
(c) Kevin Cudahy.
(d) Gerald Kimble.

Short Answer Questions

1. What newspaper does the narrator find with his name all over it in Chapter 22?

2. What of Billie's has died in Chapter 31?

3. What color is the bridge where Jack is let off from the cab in Chapter 3?

4. The narrator writes in Chapter 3, "I'm afraid to go down there--I am affrayed in the old _____ sense of being frayed by a whip."

5. The narrator writes that the ferns are like those of the what Scripture in Chapter 5?

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