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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Twelve, How It's Going.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does the narrator's mother see just before she dies?
(a) She sees her husband.
(b) She sees her other children.
(c) She sees Amanda.
(d) She sees her father.

2. Where and what is Vicky studying?
(a) She is studying medicine at Yale.
(b) She is studying mathematics at Harvard.
(c) She is studying psychology at Cornell.
(d) She is studying philosophy at Princeton.

3. Where does the narrator decide to go?
(a) Odeon.
(b) Home.
(c) The office.
(d) The Lion's Head Pub.

4. What distinction does the narrator make between disasters in the city and in the rest of the country?
(a) Disasters in the city involve taxis, whereas in the country they involve mini vans.
(b) Disasters in the city involved drugs, whereas in the country they involved alcohol.
(c) Disasters in the city are man-made, whereas in the country they are acts of God.
(d) Disasters in the city are always weather-related, whereas in the country they are never weather-related.

5. What mood is the narrator in as he goes to bed after the date?
(a) For the first time in a while he is happy.
(b) He is miserable, like always.
(c) He is confused and angry about his feelings for Vicky.
(d) He is indifferent, dreading the confrontation with Tillinghast.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has called in sick to the office?

2. What item(s) is the narrator always leaving in taxis?

3. What is Tad Allagash's main goal in life?

4. What is the animal's name?

5. What is one subject that the narrator and his mother talk about?

(see the answer key)

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