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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 81 - 83.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What surprises Jack when he first sees his friend in Africa?
(a) He looks healthy and clean.
(b) He seems to be wealthy.
(c) He has a family.
(d) He is suffering from a drug addiction.

2. Where does Jack's mother work when she is 14?
(a) A shoe factory.
(b) A department store.
(c) A train depot.
(d) A college.

3. Why does Angie not unpack all of her things that arrive from Florida?
(a) She did not know they were there.
(b) She has no intention of staying there.
(c) She wants new things.
(d) Their apartment is too small.

4. What does Jack do on his last day in California before going to Florida with his mother?
(a) Writes a poem.
(b) Cries in his room.
(c) Goes to a movie.
(d) Smokes peyote.

5. According to Jack, what has little place in a civilized world?
(a) Judgement and arrogance.
(b) Peace and calm.
(c) Impatience and rudeness.
(d) Enlightenment of solitude.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the Arab Beat teenagers wear in Tangiers?

2. What does Jack's friend in Africa say he needs to purge himself of?

3. What does Jack call his friend Irwin?

4. What does Jack credit for Cody's incarceration?

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

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