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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 56 -71.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What example does Otto use to prove to William that time is linear?
(a) Hair get longer and grayer.
(b) Body's hunch more with age.
(c) Children grow taller.
(d) He is always bald and they are not getting any younger.

2. What family event made Otto feel he was no longer obligated to family during holidays?
(a) His father's death.
(b) His brother's arrest.
(c) His mother's death.
(d) His parent's divorce.

3. Who wrote "Some Other, Better Otto"?
(a) Lorrie Moore.
(b) Deborah Eisenberg.
(c) George Saunders.
(d) Joan Didion.

4. During what holiday did Otto first introduce William to his family?
(a) Valentine's Day.
(b) Christmas.
(c) Mother's Day.
(d) New Year's Eve.

5. What does Otto wonder as he looks around Sharon's sparse apartment?
(a) How she can live in such squalor.
(b) If he should buy her some more stuff.
(c) Why he needs so many things.
(d) If she would let him store some of his things in her place.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Otto ask Portia when he tells her that he is a lawyer?

2. What lie did Otto tell his sibling when invited over for the upcoming holiday?

3. What joke does Otto make about seeing a baby when William asks if he wants to see the baby at the start of the story?

4. Which of Otto's sibling's younger children did Corinne tell Otto he should try to see because they are getting older?

5. What did William and Otto often do instead of spending time with family during the holidays?

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