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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, Death.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Andy have a special fascination with these people?
(a) He wants to learn from them.
(b) They are so strong.
(c) They are so different from him.
(d) They are able to balance the pressure of creating a successful show all the while seeming to just be engaged in conversation with several famous people.

2. Due to what does Andy spend much of a sickly childhood in bed with paper dolls?
(a) Pneumonia.
(b) St. Vitus Dance.
(c) Many broken bones.
(d) Cancer.

3. Would Andy like to seem more human and average?
(a) Very likely.
(b) Yes.
(c) Probably.
(d) No.

4. Can the brevity of the chapter be seen as a literary form?
(a) Maybe.
(b) Yes.
(c) Slightly.
(d) No.

5. By the early 1960s, what happens to Andy's art career?
(a) It is the same as it has been.
(b) It struggles.
(c) It blossoms.
(d) It begins.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Andy believe people act like babies longer than before?

2. When Andy arrives in New York, where does he live?

3. If children understand early how insignificant _____________ is, they will not be so obsessed with it.

4. How is Andy no different from most other people?

5. What is significant about the abrupt style in a book filled with rambling statements?

(see the answer key)

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