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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author describes "the past" as a life sentence and uses what metaphor to describe it in Chapter 5?
(a) "A sharp arrow shooting backward."
(b) "A blunt instrument aimed at tomorrow."
(c) "A pillow where you lay your head."
(d) "A car rolling down a mountain."

2. What was considered to be the murder weapon in James Craig Anderson's death?
(a) A knife.
(b) A gun.
(c) A rope.
(d) A truck.

3. The author writes in Chapter 6, "The prison is not a place you enter. It is" what?
(a) "No place."
(b) "A place you die."
(c) "A hell."
(d) "A silence."

4. The author concludes Chapter 3 by saying that what "shouldn't be an ambition"?
(a) "Justice."
(b) "New paths to progress."
(c) "Reexamining history."
(d) "Just getting along."

5. What word in Chapter 4 refers to a contemplative person?
(a) Ruminant.
(b) Valedictorian.
(c) Allegiant.
(d) Sycophant.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 6, the author writes, "The days of our childhood together were steep steps into a" what?

2. The author writes in Chapter 5, "You begin to move around in search of the steps it will take before you are thrown back into your own body, back into your own need" for what?

3. What does the man point out about his wife when he shows the author a picture of her in Chapter 5?

4. The author describes the script in Chapter 6 as being comprised of quotes from what television station?

5. The author writes in Chapter 6, "In a landscape drawn from an ocean bed, you can't drive yourself" what?

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