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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the town, _________ tend to be strange affairs with eclectic contents, depending on the focus of the day.
(a) Holidays.
(b) Funerals.
(c) Birthdays.
(d) Births.

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

3. Where does Eric tell Jen that he needs to go in order to begin to find himself and his true feelings?
(a) Delaware.
(b) Texas.
(c) Illinois.
(d) Wyoming.

4. Which animal does Jen live with, even though it is a little wild and likes to urinate all over her things?
(a) Dog.
(b) Ferret.
(c) Cat.
(d) Mouse.

5. Some of the local ____________ are taken to the local mental hospital in straitjackets, according to the story.
(a) Burn Outs.
(b) Priests.
(c) New Agers.
(d) Children.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name that Randy gives to the dead animal he brings back home with him during the story?

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

3. What is the name of the Burn Out who receives $1000 a month just to stay out of his/her parents' hometown?

4. Jen's father is the son of ________ in Tokyo, while Jen's mother is an Englishwoman, according to the story.

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

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