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

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

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

4. Who wrote to the narrator to inform him of Adrian's suicide?
(a) Mrs. Ford.
(b) Alex.
(c) Mr. Ford.
(d) Colin.

5. How old was Adrian when he committed suicide?
(a) 25.
(b) 19.
(c) 32.
(d) 22.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from Chapter 1 means unsophisticated and socially awkward?

2. When going to visit Veronica's parents, the narrator worried that his suitcase was so big it make him look like what?

3. When did Alex say he had seen Adrian when meeting with the narrator to discuss his suicide in Chapter 1?

4. What did Adrian tell Alex as they said goodbye the last time that Alex saw him?

5. Where did Veronica depart to when she left after visiting the narrator and his friends in London in Chapter 1?

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