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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. What did the author pretend to do on the car ride home in Chapter 6?
(a) Be happy.
(b) Sleep.
(c) Sing.
(d) Be mad.

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

3. What did the frightening experience the author recalled at the end of Chapter 2 do for him?
(a) Changed his view of the world.
(b) Made him quit smoking.
(c) Made him never drink alcohol.
(d) Made him a better man.

4. Who does the author remember at the beginning of Chapter 1?
(a) His mother.
(b) His first wife.
(c) His father.
(d) His first house.

5. What writing style does the author repeat throughout the book?
(a) Switching from 1st to 3rd person.
(b) Switching from past to present tenses.
(c) A journal style.
(d) Hyperbole.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why were the author and his family traveling at the beginning of Chapter 2?

2. What has the author gained between the time he writes about these events to the time in which they actually took place?

3. According to the prologue, when did the author find himself racing home?

4. In Chapter 3, what does the author mention he and his friend discovered together?

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

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