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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. Who did the narrator's father blame when he found the narrator reading The Communist Manifesto?
(a) Colin.
(b) Jack.
(c) Adrian.
(d) Alex.

2. 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) Robert Frost.
(c) Edgar Allan Poe.
(d) James Joyce.

3. At whose jokes does the narrator say Veronica laughed at more easily than his own when she met his friends in Chapter 1?
(a) Alex's.
(b) Colin's.
(c) James's.
(d) Adrian's.

4. What is the name of Veronica's brother?
(a) Jack.
(b) Joseph.
(c) James.
(d) William.

5. What did the notice say that Adrian pinned to the bathroom door before committing suicide (96-97)?
(a) "Call for help."
(b) "Do not enter - Call police - Adrian."
(c) "Goodbye."
(d) "Call my parents and tell them I am sorry."

Short Answer Questions

1. Who attended Adrian's funeral?

2. Which of his friends does the narrator describe as denouncing his family in Chapter 1?

3. Who wrote to the narrator to inform him of Adrian's suicide?

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

5. How did Alex say Adrian appeared the last time he saw him when he met with the narrator to discuss Adrian's suicide?

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