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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Dwayne's wife die?
(a) By drowning.
(b) By slitting her wrists.
(c) By hanging herself.
(d) By ingesting a powerful solvent.

2. What is one of the things Kilgore and the driver talk about as they travel through the city?
(a) Plumbing.
(b) Car engines.
(c) Gardening.
(d) Aluminum siding.

3. How many times does Kilgore tell the driver he has been married?
(a) Four times.
(b) Two times.
(c) Once.
(d) Three times.

4. What is Wayne instructed to do once he comes inside the hotel and eats a steak?
(a) To fill out a server application.
(b) To help wash the dishes.
(c) To leave once he is done eating.
(d) To look through a peephole.

5. What is the day on which Kilgore and the driver arrive at the city in Chapter 12?
(a) Day after Labor Day.
(b) Day after Memorial Day.
(c) Day before Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
(d) Day after Veteran's Day.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does The Narrator state is the surprising spiritual climax of the novel?

2. What does Kilgore tell the driver about his now-adult son?

3. What is causing Dwayne's continual mental instability?

4. What has Rabo just sold to Midland City?

5. Why does Dwayne think about a particular family member in Chapter 6?

(see the answer key)

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