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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What starts blowing up in the town where Jen lives, something that is considered to be a strange event?
(a) Homes.
(b) Gas lines.
(c) Cars.
(d) Gas stations.

2. What does the family now have to wait for after the surgery, though they didn't realize it would be so long?
(a) Wallace to wake up from the drug coma.
(b) Biopsy results.
(c) Next chemo treatment.
(d) To see Wallace.

3. What is the occupation of Jen when the story first begins for the reader, though it is said she is bad at this on her own?
(a) House cleaner.
(b) Bank teller.
(c) Writer.
(d) Cook.

4. What is the holiday on which Jen is sick and tries to get Eric to come over to help her during this time?
(a) Halloween.
(b) Valentine's Day.
(c) Easter.
(d) Christmas.

5. While there are times when Jen enjoys the shows that the Burn Outs provide for the town, most of the time they make her _____________.
(a) Happy.
(b) Sad.
(c) Jealous.
(d) Bored.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Burn Outs are the old hippies in town who did way too many drugs when they were younger and now cannot stop ______________.

2. What do the brothers not do with their father as they seem to think this is unmanly, even in the circumstances?

3. Does Jen have a boyfriend at this particular time in the book?

4. What is the name of the dead animal a short version of, according to the person who gave the animal this name?

5. What do the people next door to Jen remind her of, as she describes them for the reader?

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