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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, Seduction and Further Driving Me into Youth.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. How does Kopydra react when Joey tries to engage him in the schoolyard battle?
(a) He jumps out the window.
(b) He ignores Joey completely.
(c) He joins the battle.
(d) He punches Joey in the face.

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

4. What does Joey dream about at the opening of the novel?
(a) Canoeing down a river.
(b) Catching a train.
(c) Fighting a bull.
(d) Lassoing a hog.

5. Which of the following adjectives does Pimko use to describe the children on the playground in his notes?
(a) Innocent.
(b) Overweight.
(c) Arrogant.
(d) Excitable.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the teacher complain to Pimko about in regard to his students?

2. How much money does Filibur spend to get his wife's health back to normal?

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

4. What unit of currency is used in the town in which Momsen and Filibur live?

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

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