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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 the narrator characterize Adam’s relationship with the part of his brain that was always composing rap lyrics and making arguments?
(a) He could not turn it off.
(b) It clicked on whenever it wanted.
(c) He had to meditate to activate it.
(d) It clicked on when he was stressed.

2. How does Jane characterize Adam’s behavior over dinner with her and Jonathan and Amber?
(a) He was a know-it-all.
(b) He was a bully.
(c) He was a saint.
(d) He was a clown.

3. How does Jonathan characterize the Topeka Foundation?
(a) World famous.
(b) Virtually unknown.
(c) Locally famous.
(d) Infamous.

4. How does the narrator characterize the state of American culture?
(a) Lost boys without parents.
(b) Adolescence without end.
(c) Seven lost generations.
(d) Relentlessly cruel innovation.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ziegler hear, once he can understand this language?

2. What fueled Darren’s rage when the girl his friends pushed on him called him a homophobic slur?

3. When were Jonathan and his first wife married?

4. What issue did the Westboro Baptist Church protest?

5. What does the narrator say the music and the skating suggested to Darren and his friends?

(see the answer key)

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