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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Frank get a cab for himself and Maureen to take to a favorite restaurant?
(a) It is raining.
(b) To impress her.
(c) He is further trying to conceal his actions from his co-workers.
(d) So they do not have to walk.

2. Where does Frank find temporary solace?
(a) In Maureen, a secretary at work.
(b) In a strong drink.
(c) In reading the Sunday comics to his children.
(d) In the quiet of the backyard.

3. How does April respond to Frank?
(a) She cries as he drives away.
(b) She begs him to stay.
(c) She shrugs him off coldly.
(d) She apologizes for their fight.

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

5. What does Frank say suburbanites leave in a fog of denial?
(a) How much they detest their lives.
(b) Their ignorance.
(c) The important issues of the world.
(d) How mundane life is in the suburbs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Frank say has become a kind of national religion?

2. What does April say Europe will do for him?

3. How does April respond to Frank's protestations about moving to France?

4. How does April counter what Frank says about her idea?

5. With whom does Frank remember first having lunch?

(see the answer key)

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