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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through II, Palace, and Back Matter.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On which bus line had Wayne first met Sticky?
(a) 51.
(b) 53.
(c) 49.
(d) 47.

2. What perfume does Cee’s father recall her mother wearing?
(a) Blue Window.
(b) Red Door.
(c) White Curtain.
(d) Black Velvet.

3. With which of the following does the main text of the novel end?
(a) “So we beat on, boats against the current, borne ceaselessly back into the past.”
(b) “A mountain walks, stumbles, then sweeps straight toward us, its ravenous mouth wide open.”
(c) “And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.”
(d) “Life is amusing, though we are losing, drowned in tears of awe.”

4. With which of the following is Wayne tattooed?
(a) A heart.
(b) A knife.
(c) A rose.
(d) A clown.

5. In which neighborhood does C intend to attend a gala?
(a) Lower Haight.
(b) Cathedral Hill.
(c) Civic Center.
(d) Hayes Valley.

Short Answer Questions

1. In which of the following does Cee dream she converses with her brother?

2. What is tattooed on Sticky’s right knuckles?

3. In which of the following metro areas do Cee and her family live at the beginning of the novel?

4. Which of the following streets does Cee pass en route to school?

5. To which of the following does C take Wayne?

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