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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word does the author use in Chapter 5 to mean a thing that blocks one's way?
(a) Attribute.
(b) Obstacle.
(c) Protagonist.
(d) Reverie.

2. What does the world say about memory and the past, according to the author in Chapter 4?
(a) To forget it.
(b) To analyze it.
(c) To embrace it.
(d) To question it.

3. Where was James Craig Anderson murdered?
(a) Sarasota, Florida.
(b) Little Rock, Arkansas.
(c) Oxford, Mississippi.
(d) Jackson, Mississippi.

4. How does the author respond when a friend says in Chapter 3, "You are always on sabbatical"?
(a) "I've never taken sabbatical."
(b) "I am not."
(c) "Why not?"
(d) "Easy."

5. What does the man point out about his wife when he shows the author a picture of her in Chapter 5?
(a) She is white.
(b) She is young.
(c) She is Hispanic.
(d) She is black.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from Chapter 5 means relating or denoting the writing of letters?

2. What word from Chapter 3 means lacking normal clarity or intelligibility in speech or thought?

3. What tennis superstar expressed his shock that Serena Williams was able to hold it together after losing the semifinal match in the 2004 Women's U.S. Open?

4. How many police cars arrived when the author's friend was harassed while babysitting for her in Chapter 1?

5. What is the name of the girl who sits behind the protagonist in the school room in Chapter 1?

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