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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, Part 1 (pages 71-90).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What ailment does Howard suffer from?
(a) Blindness.
(b) Asthma.
(c) Epilepsy.
(d) Tuberculosis.

2. What three states does the narrator say George's grandchildren are visiting from in the beginning of the novel?
(a) Mississippi, Ohio, and Indiana.
(b) Oregon, California, and Colorado.
(c) Arkansas, Connecticut, and Massachusetts.
(d) Kansas, Georgia, and Washington.

3. How often does the narrator say Kathleen washes her hair in the winter in Chapter 2?
(a) Once a week.
(b) Twice a month.
(c) Once every two months.
(d) Once a month.

4. What type of vehicle does Howard drive for a living seventy years before George's death?
(a) A limousine.
(b) A school bus.
(c) A taxi.
(d) A wagon.

5. What does George's collapsing house symbolize in the novel?
(a) George's wife.
(b) The disintegration of George's family.
(c) The government.
(d) George's body.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator says of Kathleen in Chapter 2 that her "stern manner and her humorless regime mask" what?

2. As Howard stands outside of his house, watching his children in the window in Chapter 2, he thinks, "I will pay my debts with" what?

3. 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?

4. How many days before he dies does George begin hallucinating?

5. What ailment has Marjorie suffered from all of her life?

(see the answer key)

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