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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 8 (pages 94-120).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What film option does Flan think may be a nice alternative for Paul's father's movie?
(a) 3-D
(b) Black and white
(c) Animation
(d) Silent

2. In the second excerpt from This Life that the parents read, what does Poitier warn his readers against doing regarding their children?
(a) Protecting them
(b) Smothering them
(c) Condescending them
(d) Ignoring them

3. In this section, Doug tells his father that his mother says sleeping with him was like sleeping with what food?
(a) A salad with bad dressing
(b) A pasta dish with too much garlic
(c) An old bowl of borscht
(d) A rotting fish

4. Who is not onstage in the last moments of this section?
(a) Paul
(b) Flan
(c) Geoffrey
(d) Ouisa

5. At the beginning of this section, Flan describes a painting by what artist?
(a) Manet
(b) Van Gogh
(c) Cezanne
(d) Seurat

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Flan in this section, Geoffrey has recently sold a print by what modern artist?

2. What does Geoffrey say amazes him about New York in his first line?

3. How does Paul describe the imagination in this section?

4. What is Geoffrey's wife's name?

5. How were Dr. Fine's parents killed?

(see the answer key)

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