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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1: High School and Robson's Suicide.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the narrator describe the school he attended in Chapter 1?
(a) North London.
(b) Central London.
(c) Chislebury.
(d) East London.

2. By whom was Adrian raised?
(a) His grandmother.
(b) His aunt.
(c) His mother.
(d) His father.

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

4. Who is described in Chapter 1 as "a cautious know-nothing who lacked the inventiveness of true ignorance" (13)?
(a) Augustus.
(b) James.
(c) Marshall.
(d) Marley.

5. How does the narrator describe Old Joe Hunt in Chapter 1?
(a) Hateful and mean.
(b) Gregarious.
(c) Wryly affable.
(d) Sardonic.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator say he and his friends wore their watches in Chapter 1?

2. 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?

3. What does the narrator describe Old Joe Hunt always wearing in Chapter 1?

4. What word in Chapter 1 means behaving in an obsequious way to gain advantage?

5. Phil Dixon once compared a Shakespearean to what actor?

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