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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through chapters 6-11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 9, the writer develops an elaborate fantasy about what actress?
(a) Susan Serandon.
(b) Julia Roberts.
(c) Meg Ryan.
(d) Jodie Foster.

2. What is the name of the woman who lived with the writer at the Dolphin Hotel?
(a) Kiki.
(b) Lele.
(c) Rene.
(d) Mimi.

3. The Sheep Man warns that the writer could get stuck in what in Chapter 11?
(a) A wormhole.
(b) The in-between.
(c) The netherworld.
(d) Suspended animation.

4. What is significant about the manner in which the Sheep Man speaks in the novel?
(a) His words all run together.
(b) He writes everything down instead of using his voice.
(c) He never speaks the letter "a."
(d) He starts every sentence with "I think."

5. What is the young girl doing whom the narrator spots in the hotel bar in Chapter 6?
(a) Drawing.
(b) Listening to a Walkman.
(c) Eating lunch.
(d) Reading the paper.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the assignment is finished, the writer decides to go where in Chapter 4?

2. The receptionist at the hotel talks to the writer under the guise of discussing what in Chapter 7?

3. The Sheep Man says that the only thing the writer can do is what in Chapter 11?

4. Where does the protagonist go on assignment in Chapter 2?

5. The narrator refers to his job as shoveling what in Chapter 2?

(see the answer key)

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