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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 Otto ask Portia when he tells her that he is a lawyer?
(a) He asks if she knows what that is.
(b) He asks why she wants to know.
(c) He asks if she would like to a be a lawyer someday.
(d) He asks if her father ever told her what a good lawyer he was.

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

3. What is the subject of the article William asks Otto if he should clip for him at the beginning of the story?
(a) How to keep New Year's resolutions.
(b) Dinner conversation topics.
(c) Holiday weight gain.
(d) Holiday depression.

4. What does William do as Otto continues to say he may have ruined his life?
(a) He pours everyone champagne.
(b) He practices his violin.
(c) He holds the baby.
(d) He takes a walk.

5. What word does Corinne use to describe Portia's mother?
(a) Obnoxious.
(b) Intellectual.
(c) Psychotic.
(d) Elegant.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Corinne offend Sharon when she invited her over for the holiday dinner?

2. What does Sharon say she is thinking of buying for her house per Otto's advice?

3. What wakes Otto up at the end of the story?

4. What does William say regarding the human desire to have children, which Otto condemns as lazy?

5. What does Otto wonder if Sharon wishes she could have had?

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