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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator tells the nurse she confused the hospital ward for ______________.
(a) An airport.
(b) A cemetery.
(c) A taxi rank.
(d) A greyhound terminal.

2. The narrator says the only person she is mad at is _________________.
(a) The person who beat up Barney.
(b) Her grandmother.
(c) The person who persuaded Barney to go out that night.
(d) Her mother.

3. What does Barney say his daughter is like?
(a) An act of love.
(b) An act of God.
(c) An act of evil.
(d) An act of mercy.

4. What are the two ways Barney has always promised the narrator he would make money?
(a) Gambling or real estate.
(b) Pool sharking or writing.
(c) Writing or book selling.
(d) Drug dealing or pimping.

5. Where does Barney say he is going next time to gamble?
(a) San Francisco.
(b) Colorado.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) Las Vegas.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Barney's hands usually doing?

2. What does Barney say the narrator is instead of a child?

3. What does Barney say the narrator's sweat shirt makes her look like?

4. What is the name of the bookie Barney had to pay off?

5. What color does Morey's skin gleam when the light shines on it?

(see the answer key)

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