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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, Fruit Compote.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Joey feel about the relationship between Pimko and the school girl?
(a) He thinks it is inappropriate.
(b) He doesn't care about it.
(c) He doesn't know about it.
(d) He is jealous of it.

2. Which of the following groups of people does Kneadus praise?
(a) Policemen.
(b) Prophets.
(c) Painters.
(d) Peasants.

3. When Joey storms back into the schoolgirl's bedroom, what blinds him upon entry?
(a) The sun.
(b) The candles.
(c) The radiator.
(d) The lamp.

4. How does the narrator feel about literary critics who hold fast to the iron-clad rules of construction?
(a) He ignores them.
(b) He ridicules them.
(c) He is confused by them.
(d) He admires them.

5. Where does Filibur know he must slap Momsen to save his wife's life?
(a) On the hand.
(b) On the buttocks.
(c) On the cheek.
(d) On the back of the head.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the students in Joey's classroom react when they meet him for the first time?

2. What is the name of the "cool student" who refuses to take sides in the schoolyard brawl between Kneadus and Syphon?

3. Which of the following nursery rhyme characters invades Joey's daydreams while he is in class?

4. What does Joey daydream about on his second day of school?

5. According to the narrator, what are all writers dependent on above all else?

(see the answer key)

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