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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Four.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In which of the following Texas cities does Nick Dafina note he and Fife stayed?
(a) Alpine.
(b) Amarillo.
(c) Abilene.
(d) Austin.

2. Which of the following pet-names does Fife’s son have for his grandmother?
(a) Gammaw.
(b) Mawmaw.
(c) Meema.
(d) Oma.

3. How old does Fife note Amy was when he married her?
(a) 20.
(b) 19.
(c) 18.
(d) 21.

4. Which of the following does Fife note having worked to expose throughout his filmmaking career?
(a) Cadences, marching, and high-stepping.
(b) Corruption, mendacity, and hypocrisy.
(c) Compassion, mercy, and helpfulness.
(d) Cash money hijinks.

5. Which of the following does Fife smell on Sloan’s breath?
(a) Breathmints.
(b) Citrus toothpaste.
(c) Mint toothpaste.
(d) Mint juleps.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following terms do Emma and others use to describe Fife’s mental and narrative meanderings?

2. To which of the following does Fife compare his teenaged self and Nick Dafina’s?

3. About which of the following does Malcolm ask Fife?

4. Fife’s comment that “he’s one of those exploratory robotic spacecraft that somehow slip past the gravitational fields of all nine planets in the solar system and never orbit or crash into anything, and eventually they sail out of the solar system, blown by the solar wind beyond the heliosphere into deep space” (71) offers an example of which of the following?

5. Which of the following makes of car does Fife take before leaving for Vermont?

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