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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 6: Part Two, Act Three and Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the first person to die in the farmhouse?
(a) A Revolutionary War soldier.
(b) An escaped slave.
(c) Peter West.
(d) A New York State senator.

2. What point is emphasized by the Clinic Worker's initial confusion about Leo's name?
(a) Medical personnel are callous toward the poor.
(b) Leo's poverty makes him interchangeable with other poor young men.
(c) Leo has used assumed names at the clinic in the past.
(d) Health care resources for the poor are stretched thin.

3. What is Walter's attitude as Jason 2 shows him wedding photos?
(a) Irritated and uncivil.
(b) Polite but not really interested.
(c) Attentive but a little envious.
(d) Amused and curious.

4. Who are Charles and Paul?
(a) Walter's nephews.
(b) Henry's sons.
(c) Toby's ex-lovers.
(d) Eric's brothers.

5. What detail does Lopez offer that characterizes Paul as self-centered?
(a) Paul has parked in front of a fire hydrant.
(b) Paul's conversation with Susie is overly familiar.
(c) Paul has booked a table at La Grenouille.
(d) Paul thinks that fifty dollars is a significant amount of money.

Short Answer Questions

1. What news does Eric wake up to on his thirty-fourth birthday?

2. Whose ghost does Eric believe he sees when he enters the farmhouse?

3. Which character does not attend Toby's funeral?

4. During their conversation about the Titanic, what is the "gold-plated lifeboat" that Tristan references (235)?

5. What does Toby discover that Leo has been writing?

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