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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What institution did Eddie recently drop out of in the beginning of the novel?
(a) Kern College.
(b) Sierra College.
(c) City College.
(d) Sequoia College.

2. Where does Eddie bike daily to do odd jobs in Chapter 1?
(a) East Fresno.
(b) North Fresno.
(c) West Fresno.
(d) South Fresno.

3. What term refers to mental diversion by means of entertainment or recreation?
(a) Anthropology.
(b) Culturalism.
(c) Misogyny.
(d) Escape.

4. Chapter 2 ends with Eddie saying that the "east was one large bruise that was slowly becoming” what?
(a) “Healed.”
(b) “Winter.”
(c) "Infected."
(d) “The night.”

5. What does Eddie leave at Mr. Stiles’s house along with a note in Chapter 3?
(a) A gift.
(b) The truck keys.
(c) A newspaper.
(d) Money.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Eddie’s principle mode of transportation in the novel?

2. Eddie’s cousin was murdered by a stranger after making a comment about the stranger’s what?

3. What is a literary device in which an author indistinctly suggests certain plot developments that will come later in the story?

4. Eddie receives a call from a girl who works where in Chapter 3?

5. What inexpensive food does Eddie typically live off of in the novel?

(see the answer key)

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