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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. What is described at the end of Chapter 5?
(a) How the author left home.
(b) How the author injured the pianist.
(c) How the pianist hurt Dagmar.
(d) How the relationship of the pianist and Dagmar ended.

2. Where did the author and his family go at the beginning of Chapter 2?
(a) Florida.
(b) Georgia.
(c) Tennessee.
(d) Mississippi.

3. Who of the following is NOT mentioned being with the author at the beginning of Chapter 2?
(a) Alison.
(b) His mother.
(c) Jean.
(d) Tobey.

4. In Chapter 3, what did the author note about Jean in their debate?
(a) He was witty.
(b) He was intellectually manipulative.
(c) He was narrow-minded.
(d) He had little valid arguments.

5. What was the author's family's cleaning lady's name, who lived in Harlem?
(a) Maggie.
(b) Margaret.
(c) Madge.
(d) Midge.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the metaphor of multiple floors in his school suggest?

2. What was the atmosphere like at the experimental boarding school, according to the author?

3. How did the author describe his coworker Jimmy?

4. On what day did the author get his job back in Chapter 15?

5. Who accompanies the author at the beginning of Chapter 4?

(see the answer key)

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