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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) Companionship.
(c) Lots of sleep.
(d) Long walks.

2. How does the narrator injure himself in the house?
(a) He bangs his shin on a coffee table.
(b) He stubs his toe on a door frame.
(c) He cuts his finger in the kitchen.
(d) He hits his head in the shower.

3. Why does the narrator hang up on Andrew Martin’s mother?
(a) Because he is afraid she will see that he is not her son.
(b) Because Isobel comes into the room with a question for him.
(c) Because there are no cosmic consequences if he does.
(d) Because he needs to talk to Gulliver about school.

4. What effect does the TV have on the narrator’s pain?
(a) It makes it worse.
(b) It makes it throb.
(c) It makes it disappear.
(d) It makes it move around.

5. Where does Isobel Martin say Andrew Martin’s psychological problems came from?
(a) Original sin.
(b) A car accident.
(c) Lack of maternal love.
(d) A childhood illness.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator characterize dogs?

2. What does the narrator find distinguished about Grigori Perelman?

3. How does Gulliver answer when the narrator asks what he was doing at the train tracks?

4. What is the narrator about to tell Isobel when he sees Zӧe outside the restaurant?

5. What interrupts the discussion the narrator is having with Isobel about Andrew Martin’s relationship with his mother?

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