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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, pages 247-279.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Gulliver’s room in Andrew Martin’s house?
(a) In the basement.
(b) On the first floor.
(c) In the attic.
(d) In a turret.

2. Where does the narrator go at the end of the novel?
(a) Home to California.
(b) Home to Boston.
(c) Home to Vonnadoria.
(d) Home to Isobel and Gulliver’s house.

3. What book does the narrator see on Gulliver’s bed?
(a) Franny and Zooey by Salinger.
(b) Ham on Rye by Bukowski.
(c) Naked Lunch by Burroughs.
(d) War and Peace by Tolstoy.

4. What does the narrator say about Andrew Martin, when he is being interrogated?
(a) That he is having an affair with his student.
(b) That he has just solved the Riemann Hypothesis.
(c) That he is the smartest human on Earth.
(d) That he is above the law.

5. How do the narrator’s hosts characterize human beings?
(a) The most tedious of freedoms.
(b) The simplest of problems.
(c) The least forgivable of criminals.
(d) The shallowest of mysteries.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to cause Andrew Martin to stop liking his son?

2. What prevents the narrator from telling Ari about his origins?

3. What does Gulliver tell the narrator about Isobel?

4. How does the narrator say he became human?

5. Why does the narrator say he does not like wearing clothes?

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