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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II (Chapters 3 - 5).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the house in the poem at the start of the novel made of?
(a) Brick.
(b) Crystal.
(c) Glass.
(d) Stone.

2. What does Michael do in the end of Chapter 5 that annoys Melissa greatly?
(a) Takes out his phone and looks at it while talking to her.
(b) Berates her for not doing the laundry.
(c) Asks her to pick up his dry cleaning for him.
(d) Walks out when she is still talking to him.

3. What phrase comes inexplicably into Damian's head as he ponders his discontent in Chapter 2?
(a) Why did you ever move to the suburbs?
(b) How long can you handle this?
(c) What were you thinking?
(d) How long will you go on living your life as if you were balancing on a ribbon?

4. Who are Damian's children?
(a) Jerry, Blake and Summer.
(b) Avril and Ria.
(c) Blake and Summer.
(d) Jerry, Avril and Summer.

5. What does Melissa particularly hate about cleaning her house in Chapter 3?
(a) The way she always gets slivers from the banister.
(b) The way the paint always chips when she touches it.
(c) The copious amount of dust in it.
(d) The dirt that Michael tracks in on his shoes.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long have Michael and Melissa been a couple in Chapter 3?

2. How does Damian feel towards Melissa?

3. Which girlfriend of his father's does Damian remember fondly from his childhood?

4. What is Stephanie repeatedly asking Damian if he has seen in Chapter 2?

5. Who wrote the poem that Evans includes in the novel before Chapter 1?

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