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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: I Just Shook His Hand.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Richard took his first date out, what did they talk about playing?
(a) Basketball.
(b) Freeze tag.
(c) The piano.
(d) Poker.

2. When Richard's father started to read from Richard's calculus book, what did he find?
(a) That they were wrong in a particular principle they are trying to teach.
(b) That he knew the author of the book.
(c) That it made perfect sense.
(d) That it's confusing.

3. Richard decided to attend a new shrine dedication; what were the kids doing during the ceremony?
(a) Running up and down the steps.
(b) Singing a soft song.
(c) Listening and taking notes.
(d) Saying silent prayers.

4. Richard stated that when he was a kid growing up in Far Rockaway, he and his friend, Bernie, both had what in their homes?
(a) Educated fathers.
(b) Labs.
(c) Televisions.
(d) Central heat.

5. While Richard was practicing the "art" of kissing with a girl at a party, there was excitement and people start saying that someone is coming. Who were they talking about?
(a) Martha.
(b) The cops.
(c) The parents.
(d) Arlene.

Short Answer Questions

1. Richard talks about "contemporaries" of his that he hung out with. He mentions that Robert Stapler was what type of person?

2. When Richard looked in the garden near his room at the small family inn in Iseokitsu, he noticed what color of tree frog?

3. Richard found out that the funeral for his unknown "friend" was going to be on what day?

4. When Richard's father was teaching him about birds and why they peck at their feathers, what did his father tell him the lice eat flakes of?

5. When Richard visited a shrine with an enclave behind it, what ddid the Shinto priest do for him while they were having tea?

(see the answer key)

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