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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Kathryn irritated at Paul when she returns home from work?
(a) Paul is not home.
(b) Paul hasn't washed the breakfast dishes.
(c) Paul is napping.
(d) Paul and his friends are drinking beer.

2. Who arrives at Waters' apartment?
(a) The Chinese take-out guy.
(b) The asylum attendants.
(c) The neighbors.
(d) The police.

3. What does Stofsky do when the people in #52 arrive?
(a) Promises to turn down the stereo.
(b) Pays them.
(c) Lets them search the apartment.
(d) Hides in the closet.

4. What does Paul give to Gene one night when they are at a bar?
(a) A coat.
(b) His apartment key.
(c) The bar tab.
(d) His manuscript.

5. What is Gene's last name?
(a) Pasternak.
(b) Pearson.
(c) Paulson.
(d) Preston.

Short Answer Questions

1. Stofsky quotes a poem written by ________________.

2. Why is Paul annoyed with Gene at the beginning of the novel?

3. While reading poetry, Stofsky wonders if he is having a wonderful experience or ___________________.

4. Waters raves that time is a/an __________________.

5. Gene becomes deeply involved with whom?

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