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

2. How does the narrator feel at the beginning of the book?
(a) Old and full of fear.
(b) Completely paralyzed.
(c) He has an ankle pain.
(d) Strong and young.

3. What is Tod Friendly's car perched against when the narrator sees the policeman put Tod in his car?
(a) A boulder.
(b) A building.
(c) Another car.
(d) A fire hydrant.

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

5. In the narrator's experience, where is Tod Friendly when he begins to touch himself?
(a) At home.
(b) At the tennis court.
(c) In the supermarket.
(d) In the hospital.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the narrator go when he leaves the hospital?

2. Who is the president of the United States at the beginning of the book?

3. How many forward gears does the narrator think Tod Friendly's car has?

4. What can the narrator control?

5. Where does the narrator believe the weather is always good?

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