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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. The narrator says in Chapter 1 that he and his friends assured one another that the imagination's first duty was to be what?
(a) Implosive.
(b) Explorative.
(c) Transgressive.
(d) Restrained.

2. Where did Veronica's famliy live when she was in college?
(a) The West End.
(b) Sutton.
(c) Oxford.
(d) Kent.

3. What is the name of the narrator's firstborn child?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Maria.
(c) Susie.
(d) Annie.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator states in Chapter 1, "Adrian might attract people, but he never behaved as if he wanted" what?

2. What does the narrator say he does now at the local hospital in the conclusion of Chapter 1?

3. What word from Chapter 1 refers to failing to act as a result of moral weakness?

4. During what decade did the narrator attend college?

5. What is the river that runs upstream lit by, according to the narrator in Chapter 1?

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