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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 3 – 36; [Darren pictured shattering…], The Spread (Adam).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the narrator characterize the spread in debate?
(a) Radical.
(b) A commonplace.
(c) Controversial.
(d) A violation of rules.

2. What does the narrator say is the result of the spread?
(a) Insight.
(b) Non sequiturs.
(c) Labyrinths of logic.
(d) Drivel.

3. Who has just left Adam, when his chapter opens?
(a) His father.
(b) His mother.
(c) Darren.
(d) Amber.

4. How old was Adam when he had his picture taken with Bob Dole?
(a) 15.
(b) 16.
(c) 17.
(d) 18.

5. What is the spread in debate?
(a) A technique for picking apart opponents’ arguments.
(b) A technique for refuting opponents’ arguments through inference.
(c) A technique for scoring points by speaking at high speeds.
(d) A technique for misleading opponents’ arguments.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Adam at the beginning of the novel?

2. Where was Adam’s photo with Bob Dole displayed?

3. Whose names did Bob Dole read at the high school debate tournament?

4. What does Adam say spreads Americans?

5. Who does the narrator say is from the town Adam goes to debate in?

(see the answer key)

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