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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book II, Part III - Passing Through America Again: Chapters 73 - 74.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Ruth ask Jack to move out of her apartment?
(a) She doesn't need his money anymore.
(b) She has a rash from his presence.
(c) She loves Raphael.
(d) She has a contagious disease.

2. What is Ben doing when Jack and his mother first see him?
(a) Gardening.
(b) Cooking.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Meditating.

3. Where does Jack's mother live?
(a) Florida.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) Philadelphia.
(d) Washington D.C.

4. What does Jack see illusions of while he is out in the storm all night?
(a) Fire.
(b) Birds.
(c) Water.
(d) Air.

5. Which of the poets does one of the Ruths fall for when they reach New York?
(a) Simon.
(b) Raphael.
(c) Jack.
(d) Irwin.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Jack decide to go to San Francisco after a sleepless night on Skid Row?

2. What does Jack do while his mother sleeps at the end of their long journey?

3. Who does Jack plan to live with when he finally returns to America?

4. Why does Gaines have cabs drop him off a block from his house?

5. What does Jack live on while typing up the work he wrote in Mexico?

(see the answer key)

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