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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 108 - 170.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where in New York is the apartment that Penny lives in at the time of her father's death?
(a) Inwood.
(b) The Upper West Side.
(c) The Upper East Side.
(d) Hell's Kitchen.

2. How do the inhabitants of the Nicotine house obtain most of their food?
(a) Begging on the streets.
(b) Dumpster diving.
(c) Shoplifting.
(d) Robbing neighborhood homes.

3. Where does Penny say her more distant brother lives in 2016?
(a) A Middle Eastern country.
(b) A European country.
(c) Alaska.
(d) A South Pacific island.

4. What literary device is used in the following sentence from the book: "Norm's death is a runaway train" (701)?
(a) Alliteration.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Assonance.
(d) Simile.

5. Where is Matt's office located?
(a) Somerset.
(b) Bayonne.
(c) Newark.
(d) Jersey City.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Patrick say he believes Norm adopted Amalia?

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

3. What percentage of trash is made up of air, according to Matt?

4. According to Matt, the human body is about what percentage of water?

5. What does Norm say he has spent half his life studying to the nurse in the hospice care facility in 2016?

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