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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Town Where I Live.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the word that Wallace has troubles remembering, which prompts a trip to the doctor for testing?
(a) Banana.
(b) Orange.
(c) Tomato.
(d) Zucchini.

2. What is the name of the Burn Out who receives $1000 a month just to stay out of his/her parents' hometown?
(a) Moonboy.
(b) Frank Morgan.
(c) Hippie Joe.
(d) Fair Mama.

3. Jen likes to be around Megan since she is not afraid of Megan __________ her, like so many other people might.
(a) Liking.
(b) Bugging.
(c) Questioning.
(d) Judging.

4. What was the background of the immigrants who built the castle in which Jen and her family used to live?
(a) England.
(b) Germany.
(c) France.
(d) Spain.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the family have to cope with in regard to the situation with Wallace and his brain tumor?

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

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

4. What kind of dead bird does Randy find when he and the others are walking on the beach?

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

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