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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 17, 18 and 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following was NOT an outcome of Ligget's punishment?
(a) He was taken to the hospital with a broken jaw.
(b) He never went back to school.
(c) He got a stomach virus.
(d) The other boys were never punished.

2. What does the prologue offer the reader?
(a) A sense of the author as a human being.
(b) Describe's the author's visions.
(c) An excuse to read more.
(d) A background on the author's family.

3. What was the name of the Swedish girl the author had a restrained relationship with?
(a) Chirstina.
(b) Emily.
(c) Kelly.
(d) Alibail.

4. Where was the Southbury Training School?
(a) Connecticut.
(b) Maine.
(c) Alaska.
(d) Maryland.

5. What does the metaphor of multiple floors in his school suggest?
(a) School brought meaning to his life.
(b) The higher the class was in the building, the harder the information would be.
(c) School took him away from life.
(d) The higher the class was in the builing, the less relevant it would be to his life.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the author's father die?

2. What did the author relate to in Chapter 14?

3. What did the author's mother do upon her return home in Chapter 13?

4. Where did Jean travel to get the things he needed to begin his plans of making money in Chapter 3?

5. Where were the series of joke items purchased that were played on Jean by the pianist?

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