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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 6: Chapters Eleven and Twelve.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter Twelve, when Arthur brings Linus a gift, what does the reader learn about Linus?
(a) He has very seldom been made to feel special and loved.
(b) He has learned that gifts almost always come with strings attached.
(c) He finds displays of friendship and love painful and embarrassing.
(d) He is very particular about giving and receiving gifts.

2. What does the train attendant tell Linus about his destination?
(a) It is even more beautiful than he imagines.
(b) Few people want to go there.
(c) It has never rained in Marsyas.
(d) Linus should be very careful in the village.

3. After showing Linus his room, what does Lucy keep telling Arthur is true about Linus?
(a) That Linus promised he would keep the orphanage open.
(b) That Linus also likes dead things.
(c) That Linus was frightened of Lucy's room.
(d) That Linus has terrible taste in books.

4. What philosopher do Arthur and Lucy discuss?
(a) Kant.
(b) Zizek.
(c) Socrates.
(d) Nietzsche.

5. When the receptionist in Chapter Three does not introduce herself, what nickname does Linus give her in his own head?
(a) Ms. Know-It-All.
(b) Ms. Bubblegum.
(c) Ms. Butterfly Barrette.
(d) Ms. Click-Clack.

Short Answer Questions

1. In his Chapter Eleven DICOMY report, to what does Linus compare Sal?

2. What word does Arthur insist not be used in his house?

3. When Linus is on his way to see Arthur and Lucy at the beginning of Chapter Nine, who teases that he is a "Dead man walkin'" (146)?

4. In Chapter Eleven, what item of Linus's does Calliope run away with?

5. Where does Linus get the idea that "Everything has an explanation. There is a reason for all things" (114)?

(see the answer key)

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