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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is making a mechanical screeching sound from the backyard?
(a) His children's toys.
(b) The car.
(c) A chainsaw.
(d) The lawnmower.

2. What does Helen recall about April?
(a) How nervous she seemed about inviting John for a visit.
(b) How eager she seemed to discuss John's mental illness.
(c) How difficult it was talking to her about her son.
(d) How open and inviting she had been regarding Helen's son's visit.

3. How did Frank respond when April did not consult him with her plans?
(a) He was relieved.
(b) He became angry.
(c) He was embarrassed.
(d) He was hurt.

4. Describe Helen's home.
(a) It is dirty and messy.
(b) It is drab and boring.
(c) It is clean and crisp.
(d) It is fairly neat and tidy.

5. Where was Helen formerly a stenographer?
(a) A machinery plant.
(b) NBC.
(c) Knox Machine Company.
(d) Macy's.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Frank see as the beginning of his father's decline in health, as well as his mother's?

2. How does sixty-seven-year-old Howard Givings look and act?

3. With what does Frank Wheeler awaken?

4. What scheduling snafu takes place?

5. Why does Frank get a cab for himself and Maureen to take to a favorite restaurant?

(see the answer key)

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