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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many advances does Howie describe in Chapter 3?
(a) 20.
(b) 10.
(c) 12.
(d) 8.

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

4. What time does Howie enter his office building at the beginning of the novel?
(a) One o'clock.
(b) Two o'clock.
(c) Nine o'clock.
(d) Noon.

5. What is the name of the Papa Gino's clerk?
(a) Linda.
(b) Donna.
(c) Tina.
(d) Amanda.

Short Answer Questions

1. Howie thinks ______ signals to the world that he has a rich, busy life.

2. What has broken at the beginning of Chapter 2?

3. Howie believes he has the ____ "of a mature person."

4. What is Howie eating the first time he used a straw?

5. Howie compares sneaker shoelaces to _________ at the end of Chapter 1.

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