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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many children does the narrator have?
(a) One daughter.
(b) None.
(c) One son.
(d) Two.

2. What is written on the New Year's Eve cake?
(a) Health and Happiness.
(b) Happy New Year - One Day at a Time.
(c) Auld Lang Syne.
(d) Happy Holidays.

3. Why do the narrator and J.P. look forward to meals?
(a) They think the food at the facility is good.
(b) It gives them something to do.
(c) They hope they will be hungry.
(d) They feel hungry all the time.

4. What phrase does the narrator use for casually talking with someone?
(a) "Shooting the breeze."
(b) "Chewing the fat."
(c) "Batting the breeze."
(d) "Shooting the bull."

5. Who gives his New Year's Eve dinner to the narrator?
(a) Frank Martin.
(b) Tiny.
(c) An unnamed patient.
(d) J.P.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many children do J.P. and his wife have?

2. What is Tiny's profession?

3. On New Year's Eve, who asks for champagne as a joke?

4. What book does the proprietor recommend to J.P. and the narrator?

5. What is the narrator's first name?

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