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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3: Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Frank try to change the subject?
(a) He is uncomfortable talking about other people.
(b) He does not want to hear about John.
(c) He senses that this kind of gossip could ruin the entire evening.
(d) He would rather talk about himself.

2. What dooms the performance?
(a) Lighting problems.
(b) An out of tune pit orchestra.
(c) Poor singing.
(d) Bad acting.

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

4. What does April say Europe will do for him?
(a) Give him a taste of life away from New York City and the suburbs of Connecticut.
(b) Provide the correct cultural background for him to find a meaningful life for himself.
(c) Save him from the depression into which he is sinking.
(d) Provide him a break from reality.

5. About what do the Wheelers and their guests talk?
(a) Going out dancing, dinner, and what is on television.
(b) The Givings' son.
(c) The failed play, politics, and their neighbors.
(d) The weather, the neighborhood, and dinner.

Short Answer Questions

1. What had Frank once boasted to April years earlier?

2. What does Milly Campbell hear?

3. What does Shep's mother do with the family fortune?

4. What does April coolly interject that Frank should do?

5. How does Frank begin a subtle campaign to rid April of the notion he had put in her head?

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