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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 72-88.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sharon have hanging on the walls of her apartment?
(a) Her own paintings.
(b) The periodic table of elements.
(c) Math forumalas.
(d) Constellation charts.

2. What did Otto and William often send to family for Christmas in lieu of visiting for many years?
(a) A book.
(b) A gift card.
(c) A fruit basket.
(d) Wine.

3. What does William say regarding the human desire to have children, which Otto condemns as lazy?
(a) Necessary.
(b) Hard-wired.
(c) Biological.
(d) Understandable.

4. What is the only thing Otto tells Corinne he remembers of Martin growing up?
(a) He was always vomiting.
(b) He was always fighting with him.
(c) He was never home.
(d) He was always napping.

5. Why does William think it is important he gets a good night's rest at the end of the story?
(a) His concert is the next day.
(b) He thinks the baby will wake them up early crying.
(c) He is crabby when he does not sleep.
(d) He offered to watch Molly the next morning.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom does Portia live?

2. What does Otto tell William he "wouldn't stoop to" (72) at home after Corinne's dinner?

3. What does Otto know he must do when he hears William wake in the morning after he got Sharon from the hospital?

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

5. Who is Portia's mother?

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