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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17, End of the World, Charlie Parker, Time Bomb | Chapter 18, Dreamreading.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which landmark does the narrator describe in detail at the beginning of Chapter 4?
(a) The town park.
(b) The clock tower.
(c) The town square.
(d) The promenade.

2. What does the librarian try to get the narrator to hear while they are lying in bed?
(a) The sound of the cars passing below the window.
(b) People talking in the hall outside.
(c) Her food digesting.
(d) Her heartbeat.

3. What does the narrator tell the librarian to comfort her at the end of Chapter 18?
(a) Her mother must have missed her.
(b) Nothing is her fault.
(c) She is the best friend he's got.
(d) She is not alone.

4. What does the Librarian serve at the end of each session?
(a) Tea.
(b) Cake.
(c) Soup.
(d) Coffee.

5. How does the narrator get home from the old man's office at the beginning of Chapter 7?
(a) On a bus.
(b) On the subway.
(c) In a taxi.
(d) On foot.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Colonel give the narrator as winter approaches in Chapter 14?

2. Why does the narrator say, following the chubby girl's line of thinking, that the two of them will have to help her grandfather?

3. What does the narrator say he uses his car for in Chapter 7?

4. What does the chubby girl say her grandfather claims will happen if the narrator doesn't get up at the beginning of Chapter 17?

5. What does the librarian ask for in return for a favor at the library in Chapter 7?

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