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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Part 1 (pages 157-176).

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What word used in Chapter 3 means concerned with relatively minor, irrelevant, or superficial aspects of something?
(a) Arbitrary.
(b) Convenient.
(c) Peripheral.
(d) Collapsed.

3. What is the name of Howard's family's cat in Chapter 2?
(a) Socks.
(b) Russell.
(c) Mittens.
(d) Buddy.

4. What activity does the narrator say George has always hated in Chapter 1?
(a) Home repair.
(b) Exercise.
(c) Drinking.
(d) Cooking.

5. What word used in Chapter 2 refers to a device for creating applause in theaters?
(a) Claptrap.
(b) Bungee.
(c) Proscenium.
(d) Claprock.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word is used in Chapter 1 to refer to angels?

2. Who agrees to shave George in Chapter 1?

3. What velvet-antlered animals are described in the "Cometa Borealis" excerpt in Chapter 4?

4. The narrator says in Chapter 3 as Howard searches the woods for his father, "The tom-tom tap of a pileated woodpecker sounded from somewhere in the woods, to Howard's left." What literary device is used in this sentence?

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

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