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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4: You Do What You Do Best, Not What's Best To Do.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the narrator think that Tod Friendly finds love letters?
(a) In the mail box.
(b) At his job.
(c) In the trash.
(d) In the old house.

2. What does the old man tell Tod Friendly after the narrator sees Tod drive his car away from the fire hydrant?
(a) "It is your turn to discard."
(b) "I know you from somewhere."
(c) "Your driving days are over."
(d) "I need a prescription for pain."

3. When does the narrator begin to feel that the world is going to start making sense very soon?
(a) When he sails from New York to Lisbon.
(b) When he meets with Reverend Nicholas Kreditor.
(c) When he meets with the Agent.
(d) When he stays at farms in Italy where men pay him in gold.

4. What happens when the narrator has a moment of lucidity?
(a) John Young is crushing a child's hips, and the child crawls forward.
(b) John Young rubs glass and blood all over a man.
(c) John Young sleeps with Irene.
(d) John Young throws up in the toilet before spending all night in bar after bar.

5. How does the narrator feel about John Young's departure from New York?
(a) He resents John Young's virility.
(b) He envies his escape from the hospital.
(c) He is proud of the work John Young did there.
(d) He is glad that they could escape together.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many servants does Hamilton de Souza have in the villa north of Redondo?

2. How often does John Young work out?

3. How does the narrator learn to make sense of what people say?

4. What does the narrator describe as an "atrocity-producing" situation?

5. How does the narrator feel about John Young's experience in the hospital?

(see the answer key)

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