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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 21.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Westrum use as evidence that the narrator is only trying to promote himself?
(a) The chain on the narrator's desk
(b) The narrator's refusal to conduct business the way Westrum wanted it.
(c) The repeated meetings with Hambro
(d) The article in a magazine that resulted from a personal interview with the narrator

2. What two groups of people must pay the price for being irresponsible?
(a) lazy people and cowards
(b) sleepwalkers and dreamers
(c) idealists and cowards
(d) dreamer and cowards

3. What time of day does Brother Jack meet the narrator in the beginning of Chapter 17
(a) Noon
(b) 5:00 PM
(c) early in the morning
(d) Midnight

4. How does Mr. Norton explain the day's events?
(a) He says the trip was the narrator's idea.
(b) He says the narrator was not responsible.
(c) He claims the narrator took advantage of his (Norton's) illness
(d) He has no explanation.

5. Why does Mary Rambo want to take the narrator home?
(a) To take care of him
(b) To take advantage of him
(c) She is in love with him
(d) She needs the company

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator fear is the reason for his inability to get an appointment with the trustees?

2. What does the man in Emerson's office imply after reading the letter given him by the narrator?

3. What vision comes to the narrator's mind when he sees the elderly couple being evicted?

4. Bledsoe tells the narrator that he should not worry about

5. What does the narrator credit for his "call to action"?

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