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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Preface to The Child Runs Deep in Filidor.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Joey at the opening of the novel?
(a) 19-years-old.
(b) 30-years-old.
(c) 42-years-old.
(d) 27-years-old.

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

3. What language does Joey's class work on translating, even though no one is prepared?
(a) Pig Latin.
(b) Spanish.
(c) Latin.
(d) Greek.

4. Which of the following groups of people does not have major control over Joey's opinion of himself?
(a) Office clerks.
(b) His parents.
(c) Gentry,
(d) School girls.

5. Which of the following words does Pimko use to express "bottom"?
(a) Punch.
(b) Paris.
(c) Parachute.
(d) Pupa.

Short Answer Questions

1. What fruit is the narrator interested in knowing the reader's opinion of?

2. Which of the following topics of conversation is not one Pimko quizzes Joey on in his bedroom?

3. How does the narrator claim novels are properly read?

4. What physical change does Joey feel in his body as he is speaking with Dr. Pimko?

5. How do the children react when they read Pimko's notes about their behavior?

(see the answer key)

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