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

2. Where was the author left, after his mother left in Chapter 11?
(a) Alone with Jean in their apartment.
(b) At school.
(c) At home with Alison.
(d) Alone in Florida.

3. What did the author contemplate doing after the fruit stand failed in Chapter 9?
(a) Jumping off a fire escape.
(b) Running away.
(c) Moving back to Ft. Lauderdale.
(d) Moving back to New York.

4. What happened in Chapters 9 and 10 that presented the component of disillusionment?
(a) The author's motivation from sexual desire.
(b) The encounter with the corrupt policeman.
(c) The author questions why he feels the way he does.
(d) The author was late to school.

5. According to the prologue, when did the author find himself racing home?
(a) In the middle of the night.
(b) After work.
(c) After school.
(d) Before dinner.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did Jean plan to make money in Chapter 3?

3. What did the author and his family salvage in Chapter 6?

4. Where did the author work in Chapter 15?

5. What was the author's family's cleaning lady's name, who lived in Harlem?

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