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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2: Part 3 (pp. 136-148).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the narrator say he and his mother learned of his father's death?
(a) A phone call from the doctor.
(b) A newspaper article.
(c) A note from a woman.
(d) A neighbor.

2. In "Section 1: Part 6", what does the narrator say he is trapped in?
(a) A box.
(b) An ocean.
(c) A book.
(d) A bowl.

3. What does the narrator say he believes in instead of an afterlife?
(a) Hell.
(b) The hand of God.
(c) Nothing.
(d) The moment of death.

4. When does the narrator say his mother started drinking?
(a) After he had a daughter.
(b) After his father left.
(c) After he left home.
(d) After she became ill.

5. What do stocking feet remind the narrator of?
(a) Christmas morning.
(b) Money.
(c) Childhood.
(d) Myle's webbed toes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the waves in "Section 1: Part 6" do to the narrator?

2. In "Section 1: Part 3", what does the narrator blame on Claire?

3. In "Section 1: Part 3", what does the narrator say he once argued with Claire about?

4. What does Miss Vavasour tell the narrator about his bed in "Section 2: Part 2"?

5. In "Section 2: Part 3", how does the narrator describe the Colonel's life?

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