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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4 and 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 3, who said "I feel like I've been on this trip all my life"?
(a) The author's mom.
(b) The author.
(c) Jean.
(d) Alison.

2. What was the name of the person the author mentioned being frightened by in Chapter 2?
(a) He gives no name.
(b) Jean.
(c) Vinny.
(d) Victor.

3. Who does Chapter 5 describe?
(a) A string of temporary boarders, renting from Dagmar.
(b) The author's laugh.
(c) A carnival.
(d) A doctor.

4. 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 relationship of the pianist and Dagmar ended.
(d) How the pianist hurt Dagmar.

5. According to Chapter 3, what did the author and his friend do in their free time?
(a) Explore the wilderness.
(b) Go to baseball games.
(c) Camp.
(d) Play house.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author feel is necessary to be interrupted?

2. Where was the experimental boarding school the author describes in Chapter 1?

3. According to Chapter 1, what does a first person biography offer?

4. What was the name of the bitter pianist?

5. In what season did the author's friendship blossom, in Chapter 3?

(see the answer key)

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