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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1, Part 2 (pages 36-70).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does George ask his family to get when he first rises in bed in the beginning of the novel?
(a) A doctor.
(b) An ambulance.
(c) Plaster.
(d) A car.

2. Who agrees to shave George in Chapter 1?
(a) Marjorie.
(b) Claire.
(c) Charlie.
(d) Sam.

3. What month is it every year when Howard meets with the hermit in Chapter 1?
(a) July.
(b) September.
(c) August.
(d) May.

4. Who is Sam's mother in the novel?
(a) Betsy.
(b) Claire.
(c) Emma.
(d) Marjorie.

5. What was Kathleen's maiden name?
(a) Jackson.
(b) Black.
(c) Wilson.
(d) Cobbler.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was George's cancer for which he first underwent radiation therapy?

2. The hermit whose tooth Howard pulls is described in Chapter 1 as living in the woods by what river?

3. Where does Marjorie live?

4. Where does the narrator describe seeing a clock "that had the likeness of a great oak tree wrought in iron and brass around its dial" in Chapter 1?

5. What author did the hermit whose tooth Howard pulls attend college with, according to the narrator in Chapter 1?

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