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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10, The Housewarming Party through Chapter 11, The Comforters.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Henry get a job?
(a) The Department of Education.
(b) The highway department.
(c) The gas station.
(d) The nuclear plant.

2. What does Henry find when he gets to the bank, in Chapter 3?
(a) His paycheck was never deposited.
(b) His bills are due.
(c) Elaine has left him some money.
(d) Elaine has already cleaned out his account.

3. What response does Henry get when he calls Melanie?
(a) He is rebuffed.
(b) She wants to fight with him.
(c) They have a bittersweet conversation about their past together.
(d) She invites him over.

4. What does Henry's committee say about his thesis?
(a) He will have to make revisions.
(b) He is finished.
(c) He is being charged with plagiarism.
(d) He no longer has a future as a professor.

5. Why is Henry punished with nightly drills?
(a) For stealing.
(b) For disobedience.
(c) For incompetence.
(d) For asking why he was going to war.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Henry think about when he stops to go to the bathroom, in Chapter 5?

2. Who is Elaine?

3. What is set on fire during the housewarming party?

4. What is Joe's reaction when Henry is drafted?

5. Who was Joe?

(see the answer key)

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