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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11, Preface to The Child Runs Deep in Filibert.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What question does the schoolgirl ask Joey over and over and over when he is in her bedroom?
(a) What can I do for you?
(b) Where do you think you are?
(c) How did you get in here?
(d) Do you need some help?

2. Which musician does the narrator claim audiences appreciate only because the larger musical world tells them to?
(a) Bach.
(b) Beethoven.
(c) Chopin.
(d) Tschikovsky.

3. Which of the following items is not something the narrator feels weighted down by in his greenery?
(a) Leaves.
(b) Sticks.
(c) Buds.
(d) Sprouts.

4. What hurtful name does the schoolgirl call Joey when he is sitting in her bedroom?
(a) A doofus.
(b) A clown.
(c) A dog.
(d) A child.

5. Which of the following items is not something then narrator considers an interruption in life?
(a) Sleep.
(b) The telephone.
(c) The doorbell.
(d) Daily trivia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the schoolgirl's friend who drinks whiskey?

2. When Joey storms back into the schoolgirl's bedroom, what blinds him upon entry?

3. What does the narrator think will happen to a novel in which the first word is heroic?

4. What motivation does the narrator give as to why he wants to tell his stories?

5. Which of the following groups of people is not one to whom the narrator compares his literary work?

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