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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2: You Have to be Cruel to be Kind.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Tod Friendly tell Irene when she asks him about his secret?
(a) "One day I'll tell you."
(b) "It's none of your business."
(c) "You don't want to know."
(d) "I'll tell you as soon as we get married."

2. How does the narrator feel about watching medical practices?
(a) Curious.
(b) Disgusted.
(c) Calm and confident.
(d) Squeamish.

3. How does the narrator learn to make sense of what people say?
(a) He translates their words from another language.
(b) He deciphers the code in which people speak.
(c) He reads their lips.
(d) He reverses their words.

4. What does Tod Friendly do when he shaves?
(a) He reads the morning paper.
(b) He does not shave; he is shaved by the hospital orderlies.
(c) He refuses to look at himself in the mirror.
(d) He talks to himself about his dreams.

5. What does Tod Friendly think the orderlies did to him at the accident scene?
(a) Stole his money.
(b) Shaved him.
(c) Took him to the hospital.
(d) Kissed him.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does the narrator feel that he and Tod Friendly have things in common?

2. Who is the narrator?

3. Which war does Tod Friendly protest?

4. Why is the narrator shocked when Irene comes to the house?

5. From whom does Tod Friendly get a letter every year?

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