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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What nervous movement does J.P. make when he tells his stories?
(a) Pulls his ear.
(b) Cracks his neck.
(c) Taps his foot.
(d) Pulls on his chin.

2. Where does the character that the narrator calls "the guy who travels" say he goes regularly?
(a) Mexico.
(b) Japan.
(c) England.
(d) Europe and other places.

3. What is one thing J.P. worries about when he is in the well?
(a) That he would starve to death.
(b) All of the above.
(c) That something would fall on him.
(d) That it would rain.

4. Who brought the narrator to the facility for his first stay?
(a) His girlfriend.
(b) His best friend.
(c) His wife.
(d) He drove himself.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. At the beginning of the story, what physical symptom is the narrator having that concerns him?

3. Why does the narrator's landlord do the remembered task in the early morning?

4. What phrase does J.P. use to describe his wife physical appearance when they met?

5. What do J.P. and the narrator drink on the porch on the morning of New Year's Day?

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