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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the beginning of the book, what song does the narrator say the church is blowing on the bells in the slums?
(a) "A Hymn to Mary."
(b) "O Holy Night."
(c) "Mary."
(d) "Kathleen."

2. Which author does the narrator say wrote the inanities of the sea because he wasn't going to do it when he's dead?
(a) Pollack.
(b) Poe.
(c) James Joyce.
(d) Wordsworth.

3. What does the narrator refer to his nightmare he'd had in New York in Chapter 5?
(a) "Mountain of the Mien Mo."
(b) "Mountain of the Night Terror."
(c) "Mountain of Vultures."
(d) "Mountain of the Mo Mien."

4. What name does the narrator refer to himself as a child in Chapter 7?
(a) Little John.
(b) Ti Jack.
(c) Ti Jean.
(d) Little Jack.

5. What is one of the faults the narrator notes about the cabin in Chapter 6?
(a) No bars on the windows.
(b) No windows.
(c) No fans.
(d) No screens on the windows.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator crawl through as he travels the road in Chapter 3?

2. What does the narrator compare the black rocks to in Chapter 4?

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

4. Where does the narrator say that only weeks earlier, he'd fallen flat on his head in Chapter 6?

5. In Chapter 9 the narrator writes that he feels he's just a sick what?

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