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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the narrator tells his mother he is going to a dance, he is actually going ____________________.
(a) to the movies.
(b) to see Tex.
(c) to a bar.
(d) to the horse races.

2. Where does the narrator meet Maria during the Summer after they got to know each other?
(a) The beach.
(b) Summer art camp.
(c) The theme park.
(d) The movies.

3. Who is Morris?
(a) A newspaper editor.
(b) The narrator's father.
(c) An attorney.
(d) Tex's assistant.

4. The story begins with quotes from novelists Anatole France and _________________.
(a) Ernest Hemingway.
(b) Franz Kafka.
(c) Charles Dickens.
(d) William Faulkner.

5. "The Beautiful Room is Empty" takes place during the 1950s and 1960s in which country?
(a) Japan.
(b) America.
(c) Australia.
(d) Canada.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what part of the country did the narrator grow up?

2. What does the narrator desperately seek in his life?

3. Who introduces the narrator to oral and anal sex?

4. Which of the following does NOT describe the art students?

5. Who is Maria?

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