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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Pages 145 - 182).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What year does Ben get ready to move out of the house he has lived in for decades?
(a) 2018.
(b) 2020.
(c) 2010.
(d) 2012.

2. Where is Shenkman going to go after leaving Avalon?
(a) Minnesota.
(b) Connecticut.
(c) Massachusetts.
(d) Florida.

3. Who is Ben's favorite poet?
(a) Yeats.
(b) Whitman.
(c) Stevenson.
(d) Joyce.

4. What does Mimi call Waldo, mistakenly, when they meet?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Ben.
(c) Henry.
(d) Theo.

5. Why does Shenkman want to sell the house in 2020?
(a) He thinks he is going to die soon anyway.
(b) He thinks there are safer places to be.
(c) Demand and prices have spiked.
(d) He thinks it is ugly now.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has Ben always envied Mimi for?

2. What is Waldo's father default emotion with Waldo?

3. Why is Ben unsettled after delivering Waldo in Part III?

4. In 2020, what does Shenkman tell Waldo?

5. Who dies in Part I?

(see the answer key)

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