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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the title of Chapter 2?
(a) Whacking Off.
(b) Days with Mother.
(c) Adolescence.
(d) The Teenage Years.

2. What is the narrator's favorite winter meal?
(a) Goulash.
(b) Beef stew.
(c) Lamb stew.
(d) Spaghetti.

3. What does the narrator's mother give the cleaning lady for lunch?
(a) Tuna.
(b) Chicken.
(c) Eggs.
(d) Steak.

4. Where does the narrator live with his family in his childhood?
(a) California.
(b) Wisconsin.
(c) New York.
(d) Florida.

5. What does the narrator's mother obsess over him catching?
(a) The flu.
(b) A cold.
(c) Gangrene.
(d) Polio.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say he's the son in?

2. What was the narrator's mother called in high school?

3. Who does the narrator describe as "The Most Unforgettable Character I've Met?"

4. What does the narrator's father say one must prepare for?

5. What does the narrator eat which makes his mother weep in Chapter 2?

(see the answer key)

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