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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 say is the best way to get someone on your side?
(a) Show them what you stand for.
(b) Relieve their pain.
(c) Serve them food.
(d) Show them your vulnerability.

2. Why does the narrator call Andrew Martin’s mother back, after he hangs up on her?
(a) Because he wants to collect more information from her.
(b) Because Gulliver asks him why he did not say goodbye.
(c) Because Newton asks him why he did not say goodbye.
(d) Because Isobel scolds him for his rudeness.

3. How does Gulliver answer when the narrator asks what he was doing at the train tracks?
(a) He groans.
(b) He accuses.
(c) He laments.
(d) He protests.

4. What is life like for the narrator after he loses his gifts?
(a) Challenging.
(b) Confusing.
(c) Monotonous.
(d) Fulfilling.

5. How does the narrator characterize the effect music has on him?
(a) It gives him the pleasure of counting.
(b) It gives him a strange, satisfying agitation.
(c) It gives him a satisfying blindness.
(d) It gives him nostalgia for home.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator conclude human beings enjoy about music?

2. What do the hosts say will happen if the narrator cannot complete his mission?

3. What is it that makes the narrator sick the day after killing Daniel Russell?

4. Why does the narrator want to replace the purple sofa?

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

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