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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6, 7 and 8.

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) The other boys were never punished.
(c) He never went back to school.
(d) He got a stomach virus.

2. What does the author mention his life was often interrupted by, in the prologue?
(a) Drunken visits to New York.
(b) His mom.
(c) Visits from his family.
(d) Drunken visits to London.

3. Where does the prologue take place?
(a) New York.
(b) Ft. Lauderdale.
(c) Pennsylvania.
(d) England.

4. Why were the author and his family traveling at the beginning of Chapter 2?
(a) To visit his grandmother.
(b) To sell their car.
(c) To start a new life.
(d) To travel and sing together.

5. Which of the following does the author NOT use to describe the sun in Chapter 6?
(a) Shapeless.
(b) Scorching.
(c) White.
(d) Hot.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author recall in the final section of Chapter 1?

2. In Chapter 3, who said "I feel like I've been on this trip all my life"?

3. In Chapter 3, what did Jean need first in order to manifest his idea of making money?

4. What was the name of the experimental boarding school the author attended in Chapter 1?

5. According to the end of Chapter 1, what is significant about anarchy?

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