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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Isaiah want to do?
(a) Open a homeless shelter.
(b) Open a jam center.
(c) Open a restaurant.
(d) Open a violence center.

2. How does Zoyd maintain his status?
(a) By doing something crazy.
(b) By sending in report slips.
(c) By looking for work.
(d) By staying in the district.

3. What cartoon characters are Hector and Zoyd compared to?
(a) Elmer and Bugs Bunny.
(b) Wile E. Coyote and the Roadrunner.
(c) Bugs and Daffy.
(d) Sylvester and Tweety.

4. What does Zoyd advise Prairie's boyfriend to do?
(a) Learn a few Italian tunes.
(b) Dress respectfully.
(c) Find a new group.
(d) Play tunes from the 40's and 50's.

5. What budget does he reveal has been cut?
(a) The personal expense budget he is allowed.
(b) His operating budget.
(c) Zoyd's living allowance budget.
(d) The witness protection budget.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Hector leave quickly?

2. What does Pynchon call the television?

3. What worries Zoyd more than his daughter's choice of boyfriends?

4. What organization do they represent?

5. What year does this novel open in?

(see the answer key)

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