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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (Chapters 11 - 12).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Damian and Melissa do together in Chapter 10 as they talk outside?
(a) Blow bubbles.
(b) Smoke.
(c) Knit.
(d) Eat.

2. What was one metric by which the success of the party in Chapter 1 was measured?
(a) By how many empty bottles there were.
(b) By how many people stayed over at the house.
(c) By how long guests actually jumped to the Kris Kross song "Jump."
(d) By how much food was eaten.

3. What does Damian suggest might be part of Melissa's mood changes?
(a) Anxiety over finances.
(b) Postnatal depression.
(c) Worry over her mother's illness.
(d) Pent-up anger over her father's treatment of her.

4. What does the performer in Chapter 7 tell the concertgoers that seems like a bad omen for Michael and Melissa?
(a) That she does not believe in true love.
(b) That she has cancer.
(c) That she is recently divorced.
(d) That she is retiring.

5. What does Damian say is the title of his novel?
(a) My Father the Activist.
(b) Canon and the Storm.
(c) Green Leaves and Gold.
(d) Nuanced Partners.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are Damian's children?

2. Who does Michael have a drink with in Chapter 7?

3. What does Michael do in the end of Chapter 5 that annoys Melissa greatly?

4. Whose death is the neighborhood talking about in Chapter 11?

5. What does Stephanie try to convince her daughter Avril to do that she does not want to do in Chapter 12?

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