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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to the house of the mother whose son is killed in the Vietnam war?
(a) It becomes dilapitated.
(b) It is vandalized.
(c) It becomes a magnificent garden.
(d) It is cared for by neighbors.

2. What does Rev. Merrill say is the essence of true faith?
(a) Loyalty.
(b) Anger.
(c) Doubt.
(d) Respect.

3. How does Owen respond when Johnny calls his mother's death an accident?
(a) He is embarrassed.
(b) He is furious.
(c) He is apathetic.
(d) He is gracious.

4. What does the mother, whose son is killed in the Vietnam war, say about those who protest the war?
(a) That they are NOT un-patriotic.
(b) That they should be prayed for.
(c) That they ARE un-patriotic.
(d) That they should be sent to the war.

5. What does Owen think that the turtledoves in the Christmas pageant look like?
(a) Angels.
(b) Cows.
(c) Stars.
(d) Aliens.

Short Answer Questions

1. Fill in the blank: Owen says that "_____ makes people crazy."

2. What does Owen call the column that he writes for the Gravesend newspaper?

3. How does Barb Wiggins tease Owen Meany?

4. Whose lines does Owen loudly whisper after the actor has forgotten them?

5. What does Owen claim God has taken from him to make him God's instrument?

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