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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do the narrator and J.P. place their feet while sitting on the porch?
(a) On stools.
(b) On other chairs.
(c) On the rungs of their chairs.
(d) On the porch railing.

2. Which famous writer once lived near the facility?
(a) Tennessee Williams.
(b) Jack London.
(c) F. Scott Fitzgerald.
(d) Ernest Hemingway.

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

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

5. Who does J.P.'s wife say is "the best sweep in the business"?
(a) Her brother.
(b) Herself.
(c) Her father.
(d) J.P.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the last line of the story?

3. Where do J.P. and his wife go on subsequent dates?

4. What does the narrator ask J.P.'s wife to do?

5. What nervous movement does J.P. make when he tells his stories?

(see the answer key)

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