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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. How does Joey feel about telling the school girl his true age?
(a) He is confused whether or not he should tell her.
(b) He does not want to tell her.
(c) He desperately wants to tell her.
(d) He doesn't think about telling her.

2. What does Joey chew on while he listens to the schoolgirl talk with a friend on the phone?
(a) A ball of licorice.
(b) A toothpick.
(c) The collar of his shirt.
(d) A stick of chewing gum.

3. Which of the following metaphors does the narrator use to describe the way a novel is constructed?
(a) Like a house.
(b) Like a pot of stew.
(c) Like a human body.
(d) Like a rainbow.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator extol for creating mythology?

2. Which of the following is not a form of torture discussed by the narrator in this novel?

3. According to the narrator, what are all underdeveloped artists bound to create?

4. How does the schoolgirl react when she realizes that Joey is watching her talk on the phone?

5. Which of the following genres of literature is not one the narrator believes this novel could fit into?

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