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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the narrator's English teacher?
(a) Ms. Shipley.
(b) Ms. Lemry.
(c) Mr. Stone.
(d) Mr. Mautz.

2. When the story opens, the narrator is describing when his father left his mother. At that time, how much longer did the narrator still have in the "darkroom"?
(a) Two months.
(b) Two weeks.
(c) One month.
(d) One week.

3. According to the "expose" on Mautz's illegitimate son for "Crispy Pork Rinds", how long did Mautz's son's illicit affair last?
(a) Two months.
(b) Eight months.
(c) Two years.
(d) Eighteen months.

4. What sport does the narrator participate in?
(a) Wrestling.
(b) Track.
(c) Football.
(d) Swimming.

5. What is the name of the narrator's coach?
(a) Coach Mautz.
(b) Coach Crossley.
(c) Coach Lemry.
(d) Coach Stone.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what city does the story take place?

2. After "Crispy Pork Rinds" folded, how many hollow gumballs did Byrnes and Moby distribute to people who had "wronged" them?

3. Who is the narrator going to the hospital to visit after finishing practice?

4. At the time Dale suggested topics for his first article, how many issues of "Crispy Pork Rinds" had already been published?

5. Why did Sarah Byrnes refuse to write an expose on the person Dale suggested for his first article?

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