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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Story 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Salesman hit with his car causing a severe accident in Story 1?
(a) A light pole.
(b) A deer.
(c) A tree.
(d) Another car.

2. When asked by the semi-truck driver, "Is everybody dead?" How does the narrator respond?
(a) "Yes, everybody is dead."
(b) "I can't tell who is and who isn't."
(c) "No, not everbody."
(d) "How should I know."

3. In Story 2, who is the woman at the narrator's "new companion's" home referring to when she says, "If you don't take him off our street I'm calling the police"?
(a) Tom.
(b) The new companion.
(c) The narrator.
(d) Richard.

4. How far did the family promise to take the hitchhiking narrator?
(a) To the next exit.
(b) Just to Boulder.
(c) All the way.
(d) Half way.

5. According to the narrator, he and the Salesman developed a dangerous cynical camaraderie beginning in ________.
(a) Alaska.
(b) Texas.
(c) Florida.
(d) New York.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who asks the question in Story 1, "Are you hearing unusual sounds or voices?"

2. What time does the car accident in Story 1 occur?

3. What is the narrator holding when he stops a semi-truck after the accident in Story 1?

4. What is the narrator's marital status in Story 2?

5. What does the narrator's "new companion" in Story 2 want from the narrator?

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