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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 8 and 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator do in his free time?
(a) Plays racquetball.
(b) Watches TV.
(c) Cruises for sex.
(d) Studies.

2. When the narrator takes a walk at night with Maria, he realizes that __________________.
(a) he is ill.
(b) he loves her.
(c) he has many fears.
(d) he is not alone.

3. The narrator is desperate to ___________________.
(a) graduate college.
(b) fall in love.
(c) to move out of his mother's house.
(d) be a homosexual.

4. What is notable about the woman in #139?
(a) She is autistic.
(b) She is artistic.
(c) She is androgynous.
(d) She is albino.

5. What does the narrator's mother tell him when she returns?
(a) She is reconciling with his father.
(b) He is a brilliant writer.
(c) He needs to move out.
(d) Dr. O'Reilly isn't doing him any good.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the narrator consider marrying?

2. What will be the barrier to any relationship between Lou and the narrator?

3. The narrator's fraternity brothers can best be described as __________________.

4. What does the narrator wonder as he observes Tex and Morris?

5. A conversation between the narrator and Tex shows the narrator's lack of knowledge about ___________________.

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