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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the Wheelers become more and more like the shallow suburbanites they loathe?
(a) As they spend more and more time with their suburbanite friends.
(b) As they progress further and further with their plans to leave the country.
(c) As they become more involved in community activities.
(d) As they spend less and less time in New York City.

2. In a rage, what does April do?
(a) She hits Frank.
(b) She begins to scream at Frank.
(c) She starts throwing objects out the window of the car.
(d) She jumps out of the car and starts walking down the dark highway.

3. What had Frank once boasted to April years earlier?
(a) That he could speak fluent French from his time there after the war.
(b) That he had lived in France for many years.
(c) That he had worked in Paris.
(d) That he could speak both French and Spanish.

4. What happens as Frank rides the elevator to the fifteenth floor?
(a) He ponders his life.
(b) His mind races back to his first trip to this building as a young boy with his father, Earl Wheeler.
(c) He thinks about his wife.
(d) He become claustrophobic.

5. As the alcohol flows, what happens to Maureen's affections and spirits?
(a) They seem to flag.
(b) They disappear completely.
(c) They grow stronger.
(d) They stay the same.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Frank do when she starts to go into a long explanation?

2. How is Frank at the office?

3. Where does April believe it would be easy for her to find a job in Paris?

4. What does no one want to do?

5. When April tells Frank to leave her alone, what does he do?

(see the answer key)

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