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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is NOT an action Ben takes on Lizzie's birthday?
(a) Finds and sharpens her missing wayward pencils.
(b) Fills the table with presents.
(c) Makes her waffles.
(d) Finds her missing socks.

2. Ben has a PhD in which discipline?
(a) History.
(b) Political Science.
(c) Literature.
(d) Philosophy.

3. Lizzie annually reads the diaries of which writer as her own birthday approaches?
(a) Walt Whitman.
(b) Sylvia Plath.
(c) Gertrude Stein.
(d) Virginia Woolf.

4. Sylvia uses what type of insect in an illustration of the concept of interconnectedness?
(a) A praying mantis.
(b) A cricket.
(c) A moth.
(d) A horsefly.

5. Chapter One takes place in which month?
(a) June.
(b) July.
(c) March.
(d) May.

Short Answer Questions

1. What term does Lizzie use to describe Henry's drug of choice prior to getting sober?

2. Sylvia's podcast predicts what sort of future for humankind?

3. Who "pulled some strings" (21) to get Lizzie her job?

4. Lizzie takes comfort in her realization that "No one's worrying about" (18) what celestial object?

5. Which element is NOT a part of Eli's bedtime routine?

(see the answer key)

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