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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 man in Chapter Three steal for the young mother and her child?
(a) Meat.
(b) Grapes.
(c) Oranges.
(d) Cheese.

2. Why does Bill have trouble solving his hunger problem at first?
(a) He does not have money.
(b) He cannot find a shop.
(c) He does not want to break the law.
(d) He cannot find food.

3. What alerted Josella to the crisis?
(a) Her father was blind.
(b) Her mother was blind.
(c) Her child was blind.
(d) Her husband was blind.

4. How did Coker escape blindness?
(a) He was in the hospital.
(b) He was hiding out in a cellar.
(c) He was in bed.
(d) He was in jail.

5. What wakes Bill at the beginning of Chapter Eight?
(a) Screams.
(b) A gun shot.
(c) A bell.
(d) A phone.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Bill tied to once allowed outside?

2. What day does the narrator compare Wednesday to, based on sound?

3. Where did the main character, William Masen, grow up?

4. What example does Vorless use to show his point about belief?

5. What was the result of this event?

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