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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II (Pages 49 - 100).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What had a past therapist urged Amanda not to do with Clay?
(a) Be too soft on him.
(b) Give him the silent treatment.
(c) Be angry with him when he failed to act as she might have.
(d) Idolize him.

2. Where do the Washingtons live in New York City?
(a) The Bronx.
(b) Brooklyn.
(c) Queens.
(d) Manhattan's Upper East Side.

3. What does Amanda tell Clay to get when they hear a knock at the door?
(a) A wire.
(b) A bat.
(c) A knife.
(d) A gun.

4. What does G.H. drink in Chapter 11?
(a) Cranberry juice.
(b) Old whisky.
(c) Wine.
(d) Gin.

5. What does Amanda do as a pretense once the people on the porch are inside the house?
(a) Read a book.
(b) Check on the kids.
(c) Cook a new dinner.
(d) Dial the police.

Short Answer Questions

1. What publication is Clay currently writing a piece for?

2. How does Clay feel towards the people on the porch at the end of Chapter 7?

3. What happens to Clay in Chapter 16?

4. What vice does Clay have that is meant to be a secret but is not a secret?

5. What does Ruth refer to as "old people stuff"?

(see the answer key)

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