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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 does the narrator describe being tossed into a wet sink, causing it to steam in the opening of Chapter 1?
(a) A hot knife.
(b) A hot
(c) A hot iron.
(d) A hot frying pan.

2. What does the narrator describe having for Sunday lunch at Veronica's parents' home in Chapter 1?
(a) Roast chicken.
(b) Roast beef.
(c) Roast lamb.
(d) Roast turkey.

3. What is the name of the two-disc boxed set by Donovan that the narrator describes having owned in college in Chapter 1?
(a) Cosmic Wheels.
(b) Barbabajagal.
(c) What's Bin Di and What's Bin Hid.
(d) A Gift from a Flower to a Garden.

4. What monarch's reign did Old Joe Hunt ask his students about on the third day of class, according to the narrator in Chapter 1?
(a) Elizabeth I.
(b) Charles II.
(c) Margaret I.
(d) Henry VIII.

5. Who did the narrator's father blame when he found the narrator reading The Communist Manifesto?
(a) Jack.
(b) Adrian.
(c) Alex.
(d) Colin.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what university did Adrian win a scholarship?

2. Who among his group of friends does the narrator say everyone wrote the most to during college and wanted his approval?

3. Of what poet did Phil Dixon say "Of course, we're all wondering what will happen when he runs out of animals" (16)?

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

5. Which of his friends does the narrator describe as denouncing his family in Chapter 1?

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