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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2: the Meeting, the Letter, the Second Meeting.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator wish Veronica had done with the letter he reads from the envelope she has given him in Chapter 2?
(a) Kept it.
(b) Burned it.
(c) Given it to Adrian.
(d) Given it to Mrs. Ford.

2. What was featured on the postcard that the narrator recalls having sent Adrian in Chapter 2?
(a) The Wobbly Bridge.
(b) The Clifton Suspension Bridge.
(c) The Empire State Building.
(d) The Alps.

3. What did Adrian request in his suicide letter that the coroner do with his remains?
(a) Have his body cast into the sea.
(b) Have him buried in his parents' cemetary plot.
(c) Have him cremated and scattered.
(d) Have his remains shot to the moon.

4. The narrator states in Chapter 2 that "the brain does not like being" what (210)?
(a) "Controlled."
(b) "Typecast."
(c) "Questioned."
(d) "Repressed."

5. What did Veronica's mother take up after the death of her husband?
(a) Drinking.
(b) Gambling.
(c) Protesting.
(d) Smoking.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the notice say that Adrian pinned to the bathroom door before committing suicide (96-97)?

2. In discussing modern dating, the narrator says in Chapter 1, "This made me feel like a survivor from some antique, bypassed culture whose members were still using" what "as a form of monetary exchange" (45)?

3. The narrator compares character to what in Chapter 2, saying that the difference is that character peaks a little later?

4. In what field did Alex tell Veronica his father was in business in Chapter 1?

5. Where did the narrator go to meet his friend to discuss Adrian's suicide after he arrived home?

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