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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1: Adrian's Suicide and the Current State of Things.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What musical instrument did Adrian play, according to the narrator in Chapter 1?
(a) Clarinet.
(b) Saxophone.
(c) Flute.
(d) Oboe.

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

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) James Joyce.
(b) Robert Frost.
(c) Edgar Allan Poe.
(d) Ted Hughes.

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

5. How long after the narrator's marriage to Margaret did she take up with a fellow who ran a restaurant?
(a) 12 years.
(b) 5 years.
(c) 10 years.
(d) 15 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What set Adrian Finn apart from the other boys, according to the narrator in Chapter 1?

2. What is the name of the two-disc boxed set by Donovan that the narrator describes having owned in college in Chapter 1?

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

4. How does the narrator describe Old Joe Hunt in Chapter 1?

5. Where did Colin attend college?

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