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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4 and Without Fear of Wind or Vertigo.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Zwilda draw?
(a) The beach.
(b) Seashells.
(c) Fish.
(d) Dolphins.

2. Why is "Leaning from the Steep Slope" unfinished?
(a) The author was censored.
(b) The author committed suicide.
(c) The author no longer enjoyed writing.
(d) The book's publisher dropped the author.

3. From what perspective is most of the novel written?
(a) Second person.
(b) Third person limited.
(c) First person.
(d) Third person omniscient.

4. What is most likely inside the suitcase the man carries around?
(a) Something illegal or dangerous.
(b) Something designed to kill whoever opens it.
(c) Money.
(d) Nothing.

5. What does the bookseller warn the reader about the next book he's given?
(a) That somebody else may ask him for his copy.
(b) That it isn't a good book.
(c) That it will suck him in.
(d) That it might have a defect.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the man feel when he realizes who his contact is?

2. What does the author admit to wishing to convey through descriptions of a fight?

3. How many pages has the reader read when the book starts over?

4. What does the reader exchange with the woman?

5. About what does the reader talk to the woman he meets ?

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