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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, pages 180-209.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator attribute Newton’s newfound liveliness to?
(a) Peanut butter.
(b) Long walks.
(c) Lots of sleep.
(d) Companionship.

2. Where does Isobel go, leaving the narrator home alone?
(a) To visit her mother.
(b) To pick up Gulliver from school.
(c) To teach a class at Cambridge.
(d) The supermarket.

3. What is it that makes the narrator sick the day after killing Daniel Russell?
(a) The memory of Russell’s dying face.
(b) The chicken Isobel cooked him.
(c) The air he is breathing.
(d) Nostalgia for home.

4. How does Isobel Martin characterize Andrew Martin’s relationship with Daniel Russell?
(a) Indifference.
(b) Mutual regard.
(c) Distrust and suspicion.
(d) Deep hostility.

5. What is the narrator about to tell Isobel when he sees Zӧe outside the restaurant?
(a) About his plans for the future.
(b) About his origins.
(c) About his hopes for Gulliver.
(d) About his new esteem for humans.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the narrator’s favorite primer number?

2. How does Gulliver make the narrator forget his worries?

3. Why does the narrator hang up on Andrew Martin’s mother?

4. How does the narrator characterize sex with Isobel?

5. How does the narrator characterize his feelings before making love with Isobel?

(see the answer key)

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