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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 36 through 50 and Notes.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does David's father put his arm in the train door in Chapter 22?
(a) Because he is angry.
(b) To hold it open for David.
(c) To let someone get off the train.
(d) It is an accident.

2. Why does Lowtis confront his neighbor in Chapter 20?
(a) Because of a robbery.
(b) Because of a barking dog.
(c) Because of lost mail.
(d) Because of overgrown grass.

3. What is something the examiners discuss in Chapter 29?
(a) College hazing.
(b) Local politics.
(c) Running from the police.
(d) Healthy eating.

4. In Chapter 30, who is Sylvanshine most interested in while talking with Reynolds?
(a) Lehrl.
(b) Reynolds.
(c) Glendenning.
(d) Himself.

5. What is described in Chapter 10?
(a) Influential literature.
(b) Bureaucratic systems.
(c) Government hierarchy.
(d) The IRS.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the parents of the boy in Chapter 36 feel about his goal?

2. Why does Cusk avoid looking at the woman who sits near him in Chapter 27?

3. In Chapter 19, what is one main reason given for the problems of America?

4. In Chapter 28, what does the narrator assume all IRS agents want?

5. What name does the author give himself in Chapter 9?

(see the answer key)

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