2. After Dagmar left, who moved in with the author?
(a) Another child.
(b) His grandmother.
(c) A thin, nervous young woman.
(d) A prostitute.

3. What disrupted the author's surge of sexual energy on this particular day in Chapter 10?
(a) The books falling off the shelf.
(b) His boss telling him to take out the garbage.
(c) The woman bursting into tears.
(d) A phone call.

4. What was Dagmar doing when she made her confirmation to the author in Chapter 13?
(a) Putting on makeup.
(b) Brushing her hair.
(c) Cooking.
(d) Using the toilet.

5. In Chapter 10, what was the author warned about if he was late again?
(a) He would have to take out the trash.
(b) He would be expelled.
(c) He would have to do pushups.
(d) He would be fired.

6. What realization did the author wake up with in Chapter 12?
(a) That he must go home so he could see Alison again.
(b) That he must go home so he could see Jessica again.
(c) That he was unhappy and needed to find his happiness.
(d) That he must get a job.

7. What did Jean ask in his letter in Chapter 11?
(a) Asked the author to come home.
(b) Asked her to come back and make Nell move out.
(c) Asked Alison and the author to move away.
(d) Asked Alison to babysit Jessica.

8. What were the author's two short-lived jobs in the visit he described in Chapter 14?
(a) Movie theater and waiter.
(b) Movie theater and bowling alley.
(c) Waiter and cabana boy.
(d) Waiter and bowling alley.

9. What did the author see that suddenly made him sexually energized in Chapter 10?
(a) A woman's cleavage.
(b) A woman's wrist.
(c) A woman's neck.
(d) A woman's thigh.

10. Who waved to the author in Chapter 17?
(a) Jean and Victor.
(b) Dagmar and Jean.
(c) Dagmar and Jessica.
(d) Alison and Dagmar.

11. Who did the author see at his early morning job on the particular day described in Chapter 10?
(a) A beautiful woman.
(b) His ex-girlfriend.
(c) Tobey.
(d) Donald.

12. Who did Jean write a letter to in Chapter 11?
(a) Dagmar.
(b) The author.
(c) Alison.
(d) Jessica.

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

14. How did the author describe his coworker Jimmy?
(a) He was scrawny.
(b) He was a beast.
(c) He was an ex-con.
(d) He was witty.

15. What does Chapter 10 narrate?
(a) A trip to the zoo.
(b) A memory of the author's.
(c) A school day.
(d) A dream of the author's.