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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the narrator's memories, what is the landlord doing one morning?
(a) Trimming a hedge.
(b) Mowing the lawn.
(c) Painting the house.
(d) Fixing a fence.

2. What was J.P. doing when he met his wife?
(a) Talking to another girl.
(b) Drinking cheap wine.
(c) Playing cards.
(d) Drinking and playing records.

3. What does the narrator want to ask Tiny about what happened to him during breakfast?
(a) If he had any signal before it happened.
(b) If he feels better.
(c) What the hospital was like.
(d) If the incident has happened to him before.

4. What term does the narrator use for his treatment?
(a) Rehab.
(b) Detox.
(c) Drying out.
(d) Going cold turkey.

5. What does the title of the story refer to?
(a) Something the narrator says to J.P.
(b) What the narrator says his wife will ask him.
(c) What the narrator's wife asks him.
(d) What the telephone operator asks the narrator.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who takes J.P. to the treatment facility?

2. Where do J.P. and his wife live?

3. After J.P. gets married, what word does he use to describe how he feels about his life?

4. What is J.P.'s good news on New Year's Eve?

5. Why does the proprietor suggest the narrator stay longer at the facility this time?

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