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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 185 – 228; [From the ceiling…]; Paradoxical Effects (Jane).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the first thing Darren’s powers supposedly manifested?
(a) A floorboard creaking.
(b) A car accident.
(c) A tornado.
(d) A rainstorm.

2. What was unique about the box Klaus gave Adam after Adam’s concussion?
(a) It was imported from Iran.
(b) It had a false bottom.
(c) It belonged to him before the Holocaust.
(d) It had been painted by animals.

3. What was Darren’s mother afraid any confrontation with Darren might lead to?
(a) Darren’s departure.
(b) Jail and death for Darren.
(c) Darren beating her up.
(d) Darren’s suicide.

4. Where was Sima’s family from?
(a) Los Angeles.
(b) Los Alamos.
(c) Iran.
(d) India.

5. What made Jane see that her Christmas gift was not, in fact, special?
(a) She received the same thing as a gift again.
(b) She saw an identical thing years later.
(c) Her mother told her what happened.
(d) Her father confessed to blowing the Christmas money.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Jonathan see his dissertation research putting him in Ziegler’s position?

2. Where does Ziegler find the pill he ultimately swallows in the story?

3. How does the narrator say Darren sees life?

4. What real-life events did Jonathan’s therapist see in his feelings about the Ziegler story?

5. What does Ziegler find he can understand, once he take the pill?

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