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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. Where is the setting of the story?
(a) Portland, Massachusetts.
(b) Nevada, Iowa.
(c) New York City, New York.
(d) Las Vegas, Nevada.

2. How does Jeremy feel about his father's request about future jobs?
(a) Jeremy feels like "his father is being nosy, because he feels ashamed of" (7) Jeremy.
(b) Jeremy feels as if his father is trying to make him stay home for selfish reasons.
(c) Jeremy feels like "there wasn't much else to say" (7).
(d) Jeremy feels as if his father is too "tired to answer each other's questions about it..." (7).

3. Who does Jeremy's father, Steve, have dinner with at Spaghetti Works in Des Moines?
(a) Sarah Jane.
(b) Shauna Wright.
(c) Shauna Kinzer.
(d) Bob Veatch.

4. Who does Jeremy's father, Steve, say is willing to give Jeremy a job?
(a) Steve's boss, Mr. Wright.
(b) Mr. Houghtons.
(c) Lisa Sample.
(d) Bob Veatch.

5. What do people usually say when they return videos to Video Hut according to the start of Part One, Chapter 1?
(a) People usually say, "This video does not work."
(b) People usually say, "This video was so boring."
(c) People usually say, "Thank you!"
(d) People usually do not say anything.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jeremy state that he wants Steve's girlfriend to do?

2. When did Jeremy start his job at Video Hut?

3. Why is Irene surprised when she attends a church in Council Bluffs?

4. What is different about Jeremy's copy of the video,"Targets" in Part One?

5. How does the narrator describe children in Part Two, Chapter 6?

(see the answer key)

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