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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What day of the week is it when the landlord performs the task that the narrator remembers?
(a) The narrator can't remember.
(b) Friday.
(c) Sunday.
(d) Saturday.

2. Who advises J.P.'s wife to leave him?
(a) Her boss.
(b) Her best friend.
(c) Her father and brother.
(d) Her mother.

3. When did the narrator read the short story he mentions?
(a) College.
(b) He doesn't remember when.
(c) High school.
(d) When he was married.

4. What phrase does J.P. use to describe his wife physical appearance when they met?
(a) "A looker."
(b) "All-right-looking."
(c) "Kind of pretty."
(d) "A knockout."

5. What accident does J.P. have at work?
(a) Chokes on soot.
(b) Falls off a porch.
(c) Falls off a roof.
(d) Gets stuck in a chimney.

Short Answer Questions

1. What time of day does Tiny return from the hospital to the facility?

2. When J.P. physically fights with his wife, what does she do?

3. What is one thing J.P. worries about when he is in the well?

4. In the story, what is the chimney a metaphor for?

5. Why does the narrator say he needs to talk to his wife?

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