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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Albie told Chuck that he visited the cupola so infrequently because it was full of what?
(a) Memories.
(b) Dust.
(c) Spiders.
(d) Ghosts.

2. How many stories has Drew published in the New Yorker by the time the story opens?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 1.

3. What level of school does the protagonist of the story "Rat," Drew Larson teach?
(a) Graduate school.
(b) High school.
(c) Elementary school.
(d) Middle school.

4. Who was the first person to ignite Chuck's love of reading?
(a) His grandfather.
(b) His teacher.
(c) His grandmother.
(d) His mother.

5. How many specific people did Albie name when he told Chuck about seeing people's coming deaths in the cupola?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 5.

Short Answer Questions

1. In which year did Craig begin to work for Mr. Harrigan?

2. How many miles away did Chuck's immediate family live from the home of his grandparents, Albie and Sarah?

3. In what style did Albie say the family's home had been fashioned when he told Chuck about the cupola for the first time?

4. In the section of the story "If It Bleeds" entitled "December 9-13," Holly returns to her hometown to help which of her relatives named Henry move into a nursing home?

5. What sort of text was Craig reading aloud when Mr. Harrigan took notice of him?

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