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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. Where does the narrator get his mail from?
(a) The hospital.
(b) The supermarket.
(c) The mailbox.
(d) The fire.

2. Where does Tod Friendly work after (in the narrator's experience) he is demoted?
(a) Guard duty.
(b) Garbage detail.
(c) Real estate.
(d) Cafeteria duty.

3. From whom does Tod Friendly get a letter every year?
(a) Irene.
(b) A doctor from AMS.
(c) Reverend Nicholas Kreditor.
(d) A realtor.

4. What does the narrator think always happens to the attraction Tod Friendly feels for women?
(a) It gets stronger until they find out about his past.
(b) It gets stronger until Tod Friendly asks them to sleep over.
(c) It never gets strong enough that he speaks to them.
(d) It fades away in time.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tod Friendly dream about repeatedly?

2. What does the narrator think Tod Friendly would do at the food store?

3. What does the narrator wish he could say to Irene?

4. What term does the narrator coin to describe the act of eating?

5. What is Tod Friendly's car perched against when the narrator sees the policeman put Tod in his car?

(see the answer key)

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