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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1, Childhood.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The first-person narrator and the main character of the story is _________.
(a) Mrs. Archer.
(b) The Father.
(c) Latimer.
(d) Bertha.

2. What does Latimer's father do for a living?
(a) He is a con man.
(b) He is a mortician.
(c) He is a banker.
(d) He is a doctor.

3. What does Latimer read in secret?
(a) Maps.
(b) Music books.
(c) Comics.
(d) Literature.

4. Why is Latimer in Switzerland?
(a) To start treatment.
(b) To see new doctors.
(c) To become a landscaper.
(d) To complete his education.

5. What will the narrator die from?
(a) A heart attack.
(b) Poison.
(c) A brain aneurysm.
(d) A gunshot wound.

Short Answer Questions

1. What other problems are associated with Latimer's illness?

2. How does Latimer tell his story?

3. Why does Latimer like running water?

4. Why does Latimer's father think he was strange?

5. What time will Latimer begin to feel his impending death come?

(see the answer key)

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