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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name that Randy gives to the dead animal he brings back home with him during the story?
(a) Jojo.
(b) Bob.
(c) Morty.
(d) Bill.

2. 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) Writer.
(c) Cook.
(d) Bank teller.

3. What's frustrating to Wallace is that he can only get ______ hour's worth of work accomplished in four hours, which is not the way it used to be.
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) One.

4. Miriam Brown is known as the town's most infamous __________ and she has one of her babies with her.
(a) Prostitute.
(b) Writer.
(c) Mayor.
(d) Alcoholic.

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

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. The doctors find a brain tumor in the _________ area of the brain, which is frustrating to Wallace as a writer.

3. What do the kids make in order to cover up their nervousness when they finally take Wallace to this hospital?

4. What catches fire the week before the surgery for Wallace is scheduled to happen?

5. What is the word that Wallace has troubles remembering, which prompts a trip to the doctor for testing?

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