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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does J.P. introduce the narrator to his wife?
(a) As a good listener.
(b) As another patient.
(c) As his friend.
(d) As another drunk.

2. What did the narrator wake up wanting on New Year's Day?
(a) Lots of food.
(b) To talk to his wife.
(c) A drink.
(d) To go home.

3. What term of endearment does the narrator use for his girlfriend?
(a) Sugar.
(b) Sweetheart.
(c) Babe.
(d) Honey.

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

5. What book does the proprietor recommend to J.P. and the narrator?
(a) Tender Is the Night.
(b) For Whom the Bell Tolls.
(c) Moby Dick.
(d) The Call of the Wild.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the narrator, what is J.P.'s emotional state at the beginning of the story?

2. What is the last line of the story?

3. What name does the narrator's wife call him the last time they spoke?

4. How long were the narrator and his wife married?

5. What landscapes are mentioned throughout the story?

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