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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color does Howie describe glowing under the escalator?
(a) Red.
(b) Blue.
(c) Green.
(d) Yellow.

2. What piece of office equipment does Howie feel has lagged behind other innovations by ten years?
(a) Staplers.
(b) Phones.
(c) Hole punchers.
(d) Copiers.

3. Howie connected learning how to tie shoes with a couplet by _____.
(a) Pope.
(b) Wordsworth.
(c) Shakespeare.
(d) Emerson.

4. The first footnote in Chapter 4 is about ____.
(a) Hands.
(b) Gum.
(c) Old age.
(d) Knots.

5. Howie believes some brain cells need to die in order to gain _______.
(a) Equilibrium.
(b) Wisdom.
(c) Age.
(d) Love.

Short Answer Questions

1. What habit of L's does Howie find revolting?

2. What car company does Howie consider to do a good job with knobs?

3. Howie describes all the following transport systems EXCEPT one:

4. Who else rode the escalator with Howie and his mom?

5. What time of day is it when Howie was driving behind the garbage truck?

(see the answer key)

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