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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Footsteps and Cantaloupe: Chapters 1-21, Yellow: Chapters 1-8, Holly: Chapters 1-11, and Visits: Chapters 1-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Around which of the following topics does the epigraph of The Outsider revolve?
(a) The exhausting nature of the business world.
(b) The supernatural world.
(c) Deception.
(d) Murder.

2. In Chapter 7 of Footsteps and Cantaloupe, who receives a call notifying him about Fred's suicide attempt?
(a) Yunel.
(b) Ralph.
(c) Howie.
(d) Ollie.

3. What is the last name of Frank, the boy whose mutilated body is discovered at the start of the novel?
(a) Peterson.
(b) Ritz.
(c) Maitland.
(d) Miller.

4. When several witnesses report seeing Terry covered in blood on the day of Frank's murder, what do they say his explanation had been?
(a) He said he cut himself while shaving.
(b) He said he had been in a car accident.
(c) He said he had a nosebleed.
(d) He said he had been in a bar fight.

5. With how many other members of his English department did Terry travel to the conference for English teachers?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 6.
(d) 5.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who visits the Heisman Memory Unit in an attempt to interview Peter?

2. What is the difference in age between Ollie and Frank?

3. How old is the boy found to be driving the white van associated with Frank's murder?

4. In what state does the narrative of The Outsider take place?

5. The man who reaches out of the shower toward Jack tells Jack that he has afflicted him with what malady?

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