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

2. The doctors find a brain tumor in the _________ area of the brain, which is frustrating to Wallace as a writer.
(a) Language.
(b) Memory.
(c) Learning.
(d) Emotional.

3. What does the family next door to Jen have which they always try to talk to her about, much to her displeasure?
(a) Nudist colony.
(b) Worm farm.
(c) Library.
(d) Get rich quick scheme.

4. Jen's father is the son of ________ in Tokyo, while Jen's mother is an Englishwoman, according to the story.
(a) Car salesmen.
(b) Teachers.
(c) Printers.
(d) Missionaries.

5. While everyone loves this person, this person still drives everyone crazy with his/her silly and boundless energy. Who is it?
(a) Jen.
(b) Randy.
(c) Wallace.
(d) Ben.

Short Answer Questions

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

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?

3. What was the background of the immigrants who built the castle in which Jen and her family used to live?

4. Miriam Brown is known as the town's most infamous __________ and she has one of her babies with her.

5. Which of the children still lives with his father, though this changes later on in the story?

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