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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Nedra Frank is the ____________ who does not return the memoir when she is hired to translate it.
(a) Graduate student.
(b) Nun.
(c) Literature professor.
(d) Family friend.

2. Dominick awakes from a dream in which he ignores Thomas' skill at __________________.
(a) Acting.
(b) Reading.
(c) Skipping rocks across a pond.
(d) Singing.

3. Clarabel was a __________ on the Howdy Doody Show, as referenced in the section describing the time when the boys grew up.
(a) Woman.
(b) Mouse.
(c) Clown.
(d) Cow.

4. Where does Thomas decide to cut off his hand in order to escape being drafted into the military?
(a) At the training center.
(b) Three Rivers Public Library.
(c) On the battlefield.
(d) In a mental hospital.

5. What did the United States citizens fear most about the Soviet Union during the 1950s?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Invasion.
(c) Better economy.
(d) Nuclear attack.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is always noting the different venial and mortal sins which causes Dominick to worry about his future?

2. Who does Dominick find out wants to talk to him, per a message left by his girlfriend, Joy?

3. Dominick wishes his father was television's _______________ and daydreams about other fathers who treat their sons well.

4. Joy's psychologist says that her __________ behavior is related to her being sexually abused as a young woman.

5. Who is the person that destroys the typewriter in a fit of rage at Ma during the past?

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