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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) Kopyrda.
(d) Slowaki.

2. What sound signifies the end of class at Joey's school?
(a) A cricket chirping.
(b) A rooster crowing.
(c) A bell ringing.
(d) A baby crying.

3. Which of the following nicknames does Dr. Pimko give to Joey?
(a) Little Bunny.
(b) Little Fishie.
(c) Little Puppy.
(d) Little Chickie.

4. What does the narrator extol for creating mythology?
(a) Repetition.
(b) Symbolism.
(c) Character.
(d) Metaphor.

5. When Joey dreams of seeing himself in various forms of maturity in a dream, how do his other "selves" treat each other?
(a) They ignore each other.
(b) They pat each other on the backs.
(c) They ridicule each other.
(d) They love and grope each other.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Joey at the opening of the novel?

2. What grade does the teacher give to all the students to translate languages?

3. In the English classroom after the schoolyard fight, which is the only student prepared to discuss the material?

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

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

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