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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 does not want to tell her.
(b) He desperately wants to tell her.
(c) He is confused whether or not he should tell her.
(d) He doesn't think about telling her.

2. According to the narrator, what are all underdeveloped artists bound to create?
(a) Terrible art.
(b) They will not be creating art at all.
(c) Brilliant art.
(d) Mediocre art.

3. What motivation does the narrator give as to why he wants to tell his stories?
(a) To record his own personal history.
(b) To fool the audience into thinking anything matters.
(c) To pass down generations of his family's stories.
(d) To seek revenge on those he does not like.

4. Which of the following adjectives best describes the schoolgirl?
(a) Aloof.
(b) Modern.
(c) Boring.
(d) Charismatic.

5. What is the schoolgirl doing when Joey barges into her bedroom after the phone call?
(a) She is ironing her pants.
(b) She is knitting a pair of socks.
(c) She is sewing a button on a jacket.
(d) She is polishing her shoes.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the following metaphors does the narrator use to describe the way a novel is constructed?

3. Which of the following processes is not one the narrator is quick to do?

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

5. How many individual forms of torture does the narrator believe there are in the world?

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