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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The blind man tells the narrator as he continues his drawing of the cathedral, “You got it, bub. I can tell. You didn’t think you could. But you can, can’t you? You’re cooking with” what?
(a) Charcoal
(b) Gas now
(c) Dry tinder
(d) Grease

2. What does the narrator say that he, his wife, and the blind man did after scarfing down their dinner in the story?
(a) After that we could not even look at the pie
(b) We all wondered if anyone would take another serving
(c) We wondered if each of us could keep it all down
(d) For a few moments, we sat as if stunned

3. What slang term does the blind man use at the end of the story to mean “to lie”?
(a) Fib
(b) Slander
(c) Evasion
(d) Fudge

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

5. The narrator surmises of the blind man’s wife that she could wear what in her nostril and it wouldn’t make a difference?
(a) An earring
(b) A straight pin
(c) A pencil
(d) A handkerchief

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator’s wife say when she awakens as the narrator is drawing a cathedral?

2. How long ago does the narrator say his wife offered to let him listen to a tape from the blind man in the beginning of the story?

3. The narrator says in the beginning of the story that the last time his wife saw the blind man was when she worked for him in what city?

4. The narrator states after the blind man’s arrival that he’d always thought what “were a must for the blind”?

5. The narrator’s wife tells him early in the story, “if you had a friend, any friend, and the friend came to visit, I’d” what?

(see the answer key)

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