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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Summary for pages 69-80.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the narrator describe Holly's appearance upon her return from Key West?
(a) Fried hair with white highlights.
(b) Refreshed and sun-kissed.
(c) Blistered and rouge with haystack hair.
(d) Iodine-colored skin and ghost-colored hair.

2. What does Holly call Fred while talking to Mag?
(a) Innocent.
(b) Stupid.
(c) Funny.
(d) Strange.

3. Why do the narrator and Holly begin to see less of each other?
(a) The narrator and Holly get into a fight.
(b) The narrator is too busy writing.
(c) The narrator gets a job.
(d) Holly gets a job.

4. What happens to Rusty in Key West?
(a) Rusty gets into a fight and is seriously injured.
(b) Rusty comes down with a high fever.
(c) Rusty gets mugged.
(d) Rusty loses his balance and falls into the ocean.

5. How does the narrator describe Mildred Grossman physically?
(a) Short, stout and slimy.
(b) A buxom blonde.
(c) Moist, flat hair with greasy spectacles.
(d) Soft features and inviting scent.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Holly's parents die?

2. How does the narrator describe Holly's hair?

3. Who does Rusty marry?

4. How often does Jose go to Washington?

5. What bad news does Holly hear that causes her to go into a rampage?

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