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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As a child, Howie loved_____.
(a) Freight trains.
(b) Airport luggage carriers.
(c) Trolley cars.
(d) Tugboats.

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

3. What does Howie purchase as a reward for making his garbage truck realization?
(a) Sandwich.
(b) Milk.
(c) Coke.
(d) Cookie.

4. Howie considers 1971 to be the end of ___________.
(a) Innocence.
(b) Childhood.
(c) Milk delivery.
(d) House calls.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Howie's first reason that it is okay for brain cells to die is that it's part of a necessary ______.

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

3. What adult technique did Howie refine as a child?

4. Howie always needs to have ______ while he walks.

5. What purchase does Howie always need a bag for?

(see the answer key)

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