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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. How does Adam’s mother characterize the author of the purple cow lyric?
(a) A serious writer.
(b) A therapist.
(c) A mental patient.
(d) A children’s book author.

2. How does the narrator characterize Darren?
(a) A pet.
(b) A man-child.
(c) An animal.
(d) A baby.

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

4. What advice that Evanson gave to Adam had Jane received from her supervisor?
(a) Make eye contact with people.
(b) Stop twirling your hair.
(c) Use obscure references for credibility.
(d) Stop nodding in time with speech.

5. Where is Ziegler carted away to, at the end of the story?
(a) A zoo.
(b) An insane asylum.
(c) A police station.
(d) A hospital.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the special gift Jane received instead of a bicycle for Christmas, as a child?

2. What does the narrator say the Topekans feel about Fred Phelps?

3. What drugs had Jonathan and Jane taken when they went to the Met?

4. What kind of car does Darren see himself driving?

5. What was unique about the box Klaus gave Adam after Adam’s concussion?

(see the answer key)

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