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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Charlie most admire Batman?
(a) Batman has no weaknesses.
(b) Batman represents everyone.
(c) Batman could destroy Superman.
(d) Batman has innate superpowers.

2. Why is Jeffrey grounded in Chapter Three?
(a) Chairman Wow repeated his curses.
(b) He missed curfew.
(c) He left the neighborhood without permission.
(d) His mother is tired of his insubordination.

3. Which is an example of a pun from Chapter Three?
(a) Charlie's comparison of his father to Atticus Finch.
(b) The insects who "busy themselves around my lamp" (111).
(c) The fact that Eliza's favority actress is Audrey Hepburn.
(d) Charlie's response of "it's a grave matter" when his father says the hole will need to be big enough for both their bodies (110).

4. Where does Charlie find Eliza in Chapter Three?
(a) Outside her house.
(b) At the library.
(c) Outside the bookstore.
(d) At the grove.

5. What movie does Charlie claim is giving him nightmares?
(a) Gone with the Wind.
(b) My Fair Lady.
(c) Breakfast at Tiffany's.
(d) The Wizard of Oz.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Charlie's literary hero?

2. When Charlie awakens in Chapter Two, what does he expect to find happening in his neighborhood?

3. In Chapter One, who has been murdered?

4. What is similar about Charlie's return home in Chapter Three to what happened when he returned Eliza home?

5. What advice does his father give Charlie in Chapter Three about dealing with his mother?

(see the answer key)

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