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

2. What did Veronica tell the narrator that the only purpose of a woman's period was?
(a) To cause pain and agony.
(b) To tell you you are not pregnant.
(c) To tell you when to have a baby.
(d) To punish womankind.

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

4. Where did Veronica depart to when she left after visiting the narrator and his friends in London in Chapter 1?
(a) Oxford.
(b) Chislehurst.
(c) Kent.
(d) North London.

5. When going to visit Veronica's parents, the narrator worried that his suitcase was so big it make him look like what?
(a) A potential burglar.
(b) A hanger-on.
(c) A hobo.
(d) An obsessive compulsive freak.

Short Answer Questions

1. Phil Dixon related to his class that T. S. Eliot claimed it is all about what, according to the narrator in Chapter 1?

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

3. How much older is Veronica than the narrator?

4. Where did the narrator attend college?

5. What is the name of Veronica's brother?

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