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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2: the Third Meeting, Adrian Ford, and the Truth.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word from Chapter 2 refers to the act of writing in an unrestrained and heartfelt way?
(a) Eradication.
(b) Compulsion.
(c) Effusion.
(d) Articulation.

2. 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 was physically disabled.
(c) He was mentally disabled.
(d) He came from a two-parent home.

3. What is the name of Susan's husband?
(a) Andrew.
(b) William.
(c) Ken.
(d) James.

4. The narrator asserts in Chapter 2 that "there is objective time, but also subjective time, the kind you wear on the inside of your wrist, next to where the pulse lies. And this personal time, which is true time, is measured in your relationship to" what (230)?
(a) "Relationships."
(b) "Perspective."
(c) "Memory."
(d) "Love."

5. The narrator asserts in Chapter 2, "Remorse, etymologically, is the action of" what (260)?
(a) "Self mutilation."
(b) "Biting again."
(c) "Turning back time."
(d) "Thinking backwards."

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How much money did Mrs. Ford leave to the narrator in her will?

4. What is the name of the narrator's firstborn child?

5. Who among his group of friends does the narrator say everyone wrote the most to during college and wanted his approval?

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