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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator says in the beginning of the story that the last time his wife saw the blind man was how many years ago?
(a) 4
(b) 7
(c) 10
(d) 2

2. As the narrator continues his drawing of the cathedral, he comments near the end of the story, “His fingers rode my fingers as my hand went over the paper. It was like” what?
(a) Surfing on the waves of blindness
(b) Crossing into another world
(c) Looking through the rainbow
(d) Nothing else in my life up to now

3. What is the blind man’s answer when the narrator’s wife asks if he has a TV?
(a) My dear, I have two TVs
(b) I prefer the radio
(c) They annoy me
(d) I have never seen a TV in my life

4. Where did the narrator’s wife fall asleep after overdosing on pills while at Travis A.F.B.?
(a) In the garage
(b) In the bathtub
(c) On the patio
(d) In the basement

5. What did the blind man ask the narrator’s wife if he could do on her last day working for him?
(a) Kiss her on the cheek
(b) Read a book to him
(c) Hear her sing
(d) Touch her face

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the narrator’s wife go to pick up her blind friend who comes to visit?

2. What does the narrator say his wife writes one or two of every year?

3. What is the blind man’s response when the narrator asks “if he wanted to smoke some dope with me”?

4. What vegetable does the narrator’s wife throw when she has an argument with the narrator in the beginning of the story?

5. What does the blind man ask the narrator after giving prefacing it with, “Hey, listen. I hope you don’t mind my asking you. Can I ask you something? Let me ask you a simple question, yes or no”?

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