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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book I, Part II - Desolation in the World: Chapters 69 - 72 | Book I, Part II - Desolation in the World: Chapters 73 - 76.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the first big purchase Jack plans to make with his season's worth of paychecks?
(a) A big dinner.
(b) New shoes.
(c) New backpack.
(d) A pillow.

2. How does Jack decide to go to San Francisco after a sleepless night on Skid Row?
(a) Walk.
(b) A bus.
(c) Hitchhike.
(d) Take a boat.

3. What does Jack do whenever something sad happens to him?
(a) Drinks tequila.
(b) Yells ot the heavens.
(c) Writes about it.
(d) Takes 'depression walks'.

4. Which of the following is NOT a reason that Jack gives for no longer being desirable to women?
(a) He has wine on his teeth.
(b) He is too intelligent.
(c) He is wearing dirty jeans.
(d) He is 34.

5. What does "Maya'"mean?
(a) A form of communication that needs no words.
(b) A religion without a God.
(c) Believing a reality that is not real.
(d) Escaping the world to find one's self.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jack plan to bring to Simon's house when he finally leaves Washington?

2. What does Jack think he is doomed to as far as love is concerned?

3. What does Jack see illusions of while he is out in the storm all night?

4. What does the shock of lightning remind Jack of?

5. What does Jack plan to take to San Francisco with him according to his poem about going there?

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