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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What name has Joe given to the bearskin rug in the Crosby home?
(a) Patches.
(b) Wilson.
(c) Ursula.
(d) Billy.
2. What ailment has Marjorie suffered from all of her life?
(a) Manic depression.
(b) Epilepsy.
(c) Asthma.
(d) Tuberculosis.
3. What is the name of Howard's family's cat in Chapter 2?
(a) Russell.
(b) Mittens.
(c) Buddy.
(d) Socks.
4. How many days before he dies does George begin hallucinating?
(a) Six days before he dies.
(b) Eight days before he dies.
(c) Three days before he dies.
(d) Two days before he dies.
5. What does George put the wrapped dead mouse inside of in Chapter 2?
(a) A cookie jar.
(b) A matchbox.
(c) A shoebox.
(d) A jewelry box.
Short Answer Questions
1. 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?
2. What word is used in Chapter 1 to refer to angels?
3. The narrator says of Howard in Chapter 2, "He resented his resentment because it was a sign of" what?
4. The one occurrence when George witnesses one of his father's grand mal seizures is during Christmas dinner in what year?
5. Who built George's house?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does George ask for when he awakens ninety-six hours before his death? Who obliges his solicitation?
2. How would you describe George's relationship to animals and nature based upon his actions in Chapter 2?
3. How is the setting described when George awakens "one hundred and thirty-two hours" before he dies in Chapter 1?
4. What does George discover in his mother's pamphlet in Chapter 2, Part 2? How does she respond when she finds him reading it?
5. What does the doctor say after examining George's injury in Chapter 2, Part 2?
6. How does the narrator describe George's attempt to make a memoir by cassette tape in Chapter 1?
7. How is Kathleen's behavior described when Howard Crosby arrives home late after having a seizure in Chapter 1, Part 2?
8. What does Howard witness George doing with a dead mouse in the woods in Chapter 2, Part 1?
9. How would you describe the differences between George and Howard Crosby in terms of their successes in life?
10. What is ironic about George's role within his family, as illustrated in Chapter 2, Part 2?
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