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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1: Part 3 (pp. 32-52).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Mr. Todd?
(a) A businessman.
(b) A scientist.
(c) A doctor.
(d) A historian.

2. When the narrator receives a letter from Claire in "Section 1: Part 3", what does he decide to do?
(a) Send her a present.
(b) Not write her back.
(c) Write her back.
(d) Send the letter back.

3. In "Section 1: Part 1", how does the narrator describe the deaths of people he knows?
(a) As a series of falling trees.
(b) As a wrecked ship.
(c) As a burden he carries on his back.
(d) As a hole in the ground.

4. What is The Cedars?
(a) A boarding house.
(b) Rehab.
(c) A retirement home.
(d) A school.

5. In "Section 1: Part 2", how does the narrator describe his pains?
(a) As needing topical creams.
(b) As being the result of an accident.
(c) As perhaps being fictional.
(d) As stemming from his childhood.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator say he felt when he discovered the dairy farmer's lane in "Section 1: Part 3"?

2. At the end of "Section 1: Part 1", how does the narrator describe his tone?

3. What does the narrator say Avril told him about the dairy farmer's family?

4. Why does the narrator say he would joke with his wife about people thinking she was pregnant?

5. Why does the narrator like to remember the Grace family in "Section 1: Part 1"?

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