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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Part 2 (pages 143-156).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What natural phenomenon does Howard compare his seizures to in Chapter 1?
(a) Hailstorms.
(b) Volcanoes.
(c) Thunder.
(d) Lightning.

2. What is the name of the man driving the flatbed truck as the doctor's house is moved in Chapter 2?
(a) Bill Smith.
(b) Kenner Davenport.
(c) Ray Morell.
(d) Dan Cooper.

3. Of Howard, the narrator says in Chapter 2, "His despair had not come from the fact that he was a fool; he knew he was a fool. His despair came from" what?
(a) The fact that his mother saw him as a fool.
(b) The fact that the world around him saw him as a fool.
(c) The fact that his wife saw him as a fool.
(d) The fact that his father saw him as a fool.

4. What word used in Chapter 3 means characterized by low buffoonery?
(a) Intrinsic.
(b) Epidemic.
(c) Articulate.
(d) Scurrilous.

5. Why is Howard paid to shoot a dog, according to the narrator in Chapter 1?
(a) The dog attacked a child.
(b) The dog has mange.
(c) The dog attacked a farmer's chickens.
(d) The dog is rabid.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many hours before he dies does George ask for a shave?

2. What word in Chapter 3 refers to a repository for relics?

3. What word from Chapter 3 means characterized by length of speech or wordiness, or scattered?

4. What were Ed Titcomb and his friend doing when they came upon Howard in the woods in Chapter 3?

5. What is the name of the nineteen-year-old who has Howard cut his hair in Chapter 1?

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