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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two, Chapters 1-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the counselor that Steve sees after his wife dies?
(a) Ken Wahl.
(b) Ken Wall.
(c) Dr. Wright.
(d) Mr. Sample.

2. What do the police say to Peter when he shows them Irene's card in Part Two, Chapter 6?
(a) "We can't help you" (132).
(b) "We need to wait 72 hours before we do anything" (132).
(c) "I'm sure that she will be home soon. This happens all the time" (132).
(d) "This really isn't much to go on" (132).

3. What metaphor does the narrator make about snakes to people on Page 62?
(a) Snakes have to be cunning and smart; people have to approach life in the same way to survive.
(b) People are similar to snakes, because try to shed their skin or past experiences, yet those experiences are always with them.
(c) People and snakes both have to be free agents, shed their skin, and become new again.
(d) People move on without thinking of the events they have left behind in the same way a snake leaves its shed skin; it is not their fault for what is left behind.

4. Whose life's background is the focus of Part Two, Chapter 1?
(a) Roger Mitchell.
(b) Irene Sample
(c) Jeremy Heldt.
(d) Sarah Jane.

5. What does Irene miss most when Peter and she moves to Crescent?
(a) Her father, Harold.
(b) The vast fields and open spaces.
(c) Henry's Drive-In.
(d) Her mother, Irene.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the start of the novel, what lie does Jeremy make to a customer when she asks him why he is so tired?

2. What does Irene oddly start saving in a bucket in the kitchen?

3. What connection do Irene and the woman discover at the movie theater?

4. How does Jeremy respond when his father says that he is dating again?

5. What game is Irene trying to teach Lisa at the start of Part Two, Chapter 2?

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