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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Jacob dislike this guest?
(a) He remembers this person from his own youth.
(b) He knows he is lying and he is jealous of the attention he is getting.
(c) The guest is disrespectful to Jacob.
(d) He dislikes braggarts.

2. What did Jacob's father do for a living?
(a) He was a farmer.
(b) He was a veterinarian.
(c) He was a store clerk.
(d) He was a doctor.

3. What does Jacob see outside the window?
(a) A new resident arriving.
(b) An advertisment for a new senility drug.
(c) A circus setting up a block or two away.
(d) A moving van at the house next door.

4. What is the only thing Jacob is able to take from his parents' home?
(a) His mother's cookbook.
(b) His father's gold watch.
(c) His father's car.
(d) His mother's wedding ring.

5. What has changed between Chapter 1 and Chapter 2?
(a) The tone. Chapter 2 begins after a new tragedy in Jacob's life.
(b) The characters. Chapter 2 contains a new main character.
(c) The plot. Chapter 2 introduces a new conflict.
(d) The setting. Chapter 2 takes place in Jacob's past.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is class interrupted?

2. What does Jacob lament about his current circumstances?

3. What does this guest claim to have done as a young person?

4. Who joins Jacob and his friends at dinner?

5. Why does Jacob keep this act perpetrated against August secret for more than half a century?

(see the answer key)

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