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

2. What does the narrator say the music and the skating suggested to Darren and his friends?
(a) Power.
(b) Sex.
(c) Inebriation.
(d) Sports.

3. How did Darren believe he acquired magic powers?
(a) By rubbing poison ivy.
(b) By kissing a girl.
(c) By entering a dark cave.
(d) By repeating a chant.

4. What kind of signs does Adam say his classmates exchanged?
(a) Military signs.
(b) Fraternity signs.
(c) Gang signs.
(d) Signs of their own creation.

5. What did Fred Phelps’ family call Jane Gordon?
(a) Medusa.
(b) The brain.
(c) The seductress.
(d) The misanthrope.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say Darren would use to ward off insults?

2. How does the narrator characterize the state of American culture?

3. Who paid for dinner before Jane’s event?

4. Who wrote the story about Ziegler?

5. What made Fred Phelps famous for protesting anyone who he thinks supports homosexuality?

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