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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 149 – 184; [Frost had hardened…], The New School (Jonathan).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Ziegler find the pill he ultimately swallows in the story?
(a) A junk shop.
(b) A zoo.
(c) A museum.
(d) On the street.

2. What tipped Jane off to her mother’s ability to ignore difficult realities?
(a) Her reaction when Jonathan mistakenly rented a pornographic cartoon for Adam.
(b) Her reaction when she rear-ended someone in a parking lot.
(c) Her reaction when she stole a painting from her employer.
(d) Her reaction when Jane told her she was taking a man from his wife.

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

4. How did Jane defuse Adam’s meltdown when he could not reach his girlfriend?
(a) She said the connection was bad.
(b) She reminded him of his accomplishments.
(c) She told him she loved him.
(d) She asked him about the purple cow.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do the figures behind Adam’s eyes make him afraid of?

3. What issue did the Westboro Baptist Church protest?

4. How does the narrator say Darren sees life?

5. How did Adam’s friends exercise their aggression through language?

(see the answer key)

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