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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2: the Meeting, the Letter, the Second Meeting.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator notes in Chapter 1 that when teasing or calling his friends to seriousness, Adrian would address the narrator by what name?
(a) Ant.
(b) Ton.
(c) Anthony.
(d) Tony.

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

3. By what means has the narrator opted for his remains to be disposed after his death?
(a) By cremation.
(b) By bonfire.
(c) By burial.
(d) By shipping him to sea.

4. What word from Chapter 1 refers to failing to act as a result of moral weakness?
(a) Supine.
(b) Gregarious.
(c) Pessimistic.
(d) Petulant.

5. About how many years has it been since the narrator visited the Ford family when the narrator receives the notice of Mrs. Ford's will in Chapter 2?
(a) 45 years.
(b) 50 years.
(c) 30 years.
(d) 40 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Mrs. Ford's first name?

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

3. What does the narrator say he had been "ever since [he] left school" in Chapter 2 (188)?

4. The narrator asserts in Chapter 2, "Someone once said that his favorite times in history were when things were collapsing, because that meant" what (198)?

5. What does the narrator describe having for Sunday lunch at Veronica's parents' home in Chapter 1?

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