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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapters 16-20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What perplexes Louis about the dying man in the campus clinic on the first day of school?
(a) Whether or not he stole the ambulance.
(b) How he arrived at the campus medical center.
(c) How he could speak and how he knew Louis's name.
(d) Why he was injured.

2. How does Louis escape from the worries associated with a move and a new job?
(a) He sings karaoke at a local bar.
(b) He daydreams about running away from it all.
(c) He takes long walks.
(d) He works long hours.

3. What bothers Louis in Chapter 7?
(a) Something Jud told him.
(b) An arguement with his wife.
(c) Getting the pet neutered.
(d) A presentiment of Gage's death and Ellie's first day at school.

4. Louis thinks of Jud as...
(a) The grandfather he never knew.
(b) A nosey old neighbor.
(c) A big brother figure.
(d) The father he never had.

5. Louis's uncle, a mortician, told him that during an autopsy, the skull is filled with...
(a) Anything handy.
(b) Syrofoam peanuts.
(c) Brown paper.
(d) Tissue paper.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 12, who screams for Louis?

2. Why do local children often take the path?

3. What holiday do the children look forward to in Chapter 20?

4. What is the first emergency Louis tends to at his new job?

5. What illness does Norma have?

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