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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1: Veronica and After.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the river that runs upstream lit by, according to the narrator in Chapter 1?
(a) Headlights.
(b) Torchbeams.
(c) Candlelight.
(d) Moonlight.

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)?
(a) "Salt."
(b) "Potatoes."
(c) "Turnips."
(d) "Dirt."

3. Of what poet did Phil Dixon say "Of course, we're all wondering what will happen when he runs out of animals" (16)?
(a) Ted Hughes.
(b) James Joyce.
(c) Robert Frost.
(d) Edgar Allan Poe.

4. What composers did Veronica hate?
(a) Bach and Chopin.
(b) Bach and Beethoven.
(c) Chopin and Pachelbel.
(d) Tchaikovsky and Dvorak.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. From what material does the narrator describe Veronica's parents home constructed?

2. Where does the narrator say that Phil Dixon came down from in order to teach his English class in Chapter 1?

3. What color eyes does the narrator describe Veronica having in Chapter 1?

4. Where did Veronica's famliy live when she was in college?

5. The narrator questions in Chapter 1 whether there is "anything more plausible than" what (11)?

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