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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 49 - 108.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Norm's parents die?
(a) In a car accident.
(b) In a shipwreck.
(c) In a house fire.
(d) In an airplane wreck.

2. Who at the Tranquility house works with a collective that builds puppets for street theater?
(a) Stevie.
(b) Nixon.
(c) Roger.
(d) Anna.

3. What is Anka's name short for?
(a) Anna Karina.
(b) Ankara.
(c) Anne Catherine.
(d) Annette Cash.

4. What does Penny's father describe cutting in half with scissors as a metaphor for rape in 2005?
(a) An earthworm.
(b) A curtain.
(c) A baby mouse.
(d) A blanket.

5. With whom does Amalia appear to have an obsession in the novel?
(a) Rob.
(b) Norm.
(c) Jason.
(d) Matt.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the 13-year-old girl screaming at in the opening of the novel?

2. What is Jazz's real name?

3. Penny's father tells her that there is no point in loving people if it makes you do what?

4. What does the middle-aged American man wear around his neck in the opening of the novel?

5. What PATH station stop does Penny get off of when she goes to find her deceased grandparents' house in Jersey City?

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