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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator say is "very funny on the stage--but not to live it"?
(a) Pain.
(b) The parents.
(c) Life.
(d) The macabre.

2. What is one of the books the narrator buys for the Monkey?
(a) The Kama Sutra.
(b) Animal Farm.
(c) The Grapes of Wrath.
(d) Das Kampf.

3. How old was the narrator in 1950?
(a) Sixteen.
(b) Thirty.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Seventeen.

4. Who had the Monkey previously married?
(a) A Jewish architect.
(b) An Italian painter.
(c) A French chef.
(d) A French industrialist.

5. Who does the narrator describe as "The Most Unforgettable Character I've Met?"
(a) His first-grade teacher.
(b) His father.
(c) His mother.
(d) His wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of car did the narrator and Monkey rent on their trip?

2. To what place does the narrator speak of taking a trip to in Chapter 6?

3. How does the narrator's mother say that Melvin Weiner gave himself colitis?

4. What was the name of the boy who the narrator talks of having committed suicide?

5. What does the narrator say that he and the Monkey took back to their hotel in Rome?

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