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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. What is the name of the "cool student" who refuses to take sides in the schoolyard brawl between Kneadus and Syphon?
(a) Mizdral.
(b) Hopek.
(c) Slowaki.
(d) Kopyrda.

2. How long does it take the teacher to convince the contrary student that Slowacki's poetry is, indeed, his favorite?
(a) 15 minutes.
(b) 30 minutes.
(c) 45 minutes.
(d) 60 minutes.

3. What physical change does Joey feel in his body as he is speaking with Dr. Pimko?
(a) He feels himself shrinking.
(b) He feels himself heating-up.
(c) He feels himself expanding.
(d) He feels himself shaking.

4. How does the narrator claim novels are properly read?
(a) In parts.
(b) One page at a time.
(c) From cover to cover.
(d) Novels are never properly read.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which verb does the teacher want the students to translate even though they are not interested?

2. How does Syphon rally his men when they seem to dwindle in the schoolyard fight?

3. What is the name of the gang of boys Syphon puts together?

4. What grade does Joey enroll in at the Piórkowski school?

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

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