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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2: the Will, the Diary, and the Formula.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator describe as Veronica's "comfort book" in Chapter 1 (49)?
(a) Ulysses.
(b) Tomorrow Never Comes.
(c) I Capture the Castle.
(d) To Have and Have Not.

2. What word from Chapter 2 refers to an inscription on a tomb in memory of the one buried there?
(a) Stigmata.
(b) Epitaph.
(c) Elegy.
(d) Oriole.

3. Who does the narrator describe as making "philosophical objections to the perceived nature of reality" in Chapter 1 (18)?
(a) Colin.
(b) Himself.
(c) Adrian.
(d) Alex.

4. The narrator says of he and his friends in Chapter 1, "All political systems and social systems appeared to us" to be what (22)?
(a) "Violent."
(b) "Discouraging."
(c) "Enterprising."
(d) "Corrupt."

5. What set Adrian Finn apart from the other boys, according to the narrator in Chapter 1?
(a) He was mentally disabled.
(b) He came from a two-parent home.
(c) He was new to the school.
(d) He was physically disabled.

Short Answer Questions

1. What periodical ran the headline after Adrian's death that was titled "Tragic Death of 'Promising' Young Man" (97)?

2. Who attended Adrian's funeral?

3. How does the narrator describe Old Joe Hunt in Chapter 1?

4. What are Veronica's two middle names?

5. In describing his first visit to Veronica's parents' home in Chapter 1, the narrator says, "I was so ill at ease that I spent the entire weekend" what (56)?

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