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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. The narrator says in Chapter 2, "Like most people, I have superstitions attached to" what (202)?
(a) "The taking of a journey."
(b) "Going to cemeteries."
(c) "Walking under ladders."
(d) "Walking across bridges."

2. Who writes to the narrator from Messrs. Coyle, Innes and Black in Chapter 2?
(a) Eleanor Marriott.
(b) Janet Williams.
(c) Rebecca Anderson.
(d) Anne Collier.

3. How does the narrator say he and his friends wore their watches in Chapter 1?
(a) On their left wrists.
(b) On their right wrists.
(c) With the face on the inside of the wrist.
(d) With the clock facing upside down.

4. The narrator questions in Chapter 1 whether there is "anything more plausible than" what (11)?
(a) "A philosophical query."
(b) "A memory."
(c) "A raised voice."
(d) "A second hand."

5. What did Veronica's father die from?
(a) Lung cancer.
(b) Eosophageal cancer.
(c) Prostate cancer.
(d) Heart attack.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator asserts in Chapter 2 that "it ought to be obvious to us that time doesn't act as a fixative, rather as a" what (119)?

2. Who did the narrator's father blame when he found the narrator reading The Communist Manifesto?

3. Where did Colin attend college?

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

5. What was featured on the postcard that the narrator recalls having sent Adrian in Chapter 2?

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