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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What term from Chapter 5 refers to a disorder characterized by rapid, uncoordinated jerking movements primarily affecting the face, hands and feet?
(a) Saint Vitus Dance.
(b) Epilepsy.
(c) Cerebral palsy.
(d) Tuberculosis.

2. What does the author describe putting deadlines for on her wall calendar at the end of Chapter 5?
(a) Writing in her journal.
(b) Talking to her parents.
(c) Abandoning obsessions.
(d) Completing school assignments.

3. On what date did the author receive a message to contact her mother immediately because her father had been killed?
(a) 7/2/80.
(b) 5/3/76.
(c) 6/29/80.
(d) 12/1/75.

4. The title of Chapter 2: "A Happy Death," alludes to a novel written by what author?
(a) Albert Camus.
(b) James Joyce.
(c) Ernest Hemingway.
(d) F. Scott Fitzgerald.

5. What does the author describe her father rinsing her with in the bathtub as a child in Chapter 1?
(a) A red bucket.
(b) A white plastic cup.
(c) A purple metal cup.
(d) A blue bucket.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author compares the Appalachian ridges of her region with what Roman defense fortification in Chapter 5?

2. What word from Chapter 1 refers to skillful use of one's hands when performing conjuring tricks?

3. Who is the author of Delta of Venus?

4. The author says in Chapter 3, "Dad was passionate about many writers, but he had a particular reverence for" whom?

5. On what street did the author grow up?

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