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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does the narrator write he had to sweat out a fever in Mexico after the earthquake in Chapter 5?
(a) 1959.
(b) 1960.
(c) 1952.
(d) 1957.

2. The narrator writes that the ferns are like those of the what Scripture in Chapter 5?
(a) Amantara.
(b) Lankavatara.
(c) Shiksara.
(d) Svitarisha.

3. Where does the narrator say is "home" 3,000 miles away in Chapter 1?
(a) Queens.
(b) Brooklyn.
(c) Long Island.
(d) New Haven.

4. What poet does the narrator refer to in Chapter 5 in relation to himself?
(a) Wordsworth.
(b) Poe.
(c) Picard.
(d) Rimbaud.

5. What is the narrator carrying in Chapter 3?
(a) A lamp.
(b) A flashlight.
(c) A knife.
(d) A rope.

Short Answer Questions

1. What book does Jack refer to reading in the cabin at 3 a.m. in Chapter 5?

2. On which side is the bluff to Jack as he travels the road at night in Chapter 3?

3. What month is it when Jack is in the cabin in Chapter 6?

4. How much money does the narrator pay for a cab down the coast in Chapter 3?

5. What sound is overwhelming to the narrator when he exits the cab in Chapter 3?

(see the answer key)

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