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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 14-26.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Holly have to go on Thursdays?
(a) The casino.
(b) To a community center.
(c) Sing Sing.
(d) To visit a relative.

2. How does the narrator describe Holly's health?
(a) A "titanesque air of health".
(b) An "elderly woman's air of health".
(c) A "breakfast-cereal air of health".
(d) A "new car smell air of health".

3. What is there a big bowl of at Joe's bar?
(a) Candy.
(b) Fresh flowers.
(c) Lemons.
(d) Cereal.

4. What is Joe's bar like compared to most Lexington Avenue bars?
(a) Ritzy.
(b) Small.
(c) Quiet.
(d) Loud.

5. At what time is the narrator awakened on the night he sees Holly for the first time?
(a) Just before one.
(b) A quarter to four.
(c) Roughly two am.
(d) Long past twelve.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Joe Bell?

2. What does Holly's calling card say?

3. Why did these people stay with the artist?

4. According to the narrator, what blotted out Holly's eyes when he first saw her?

5. What does the narrator admire in an antique store's window?

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