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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.'s wife's father feel about J.P. when they are dating?
(a) He likes him immediately.
(b) He thinks he is a loser.
(c) He warns his daughter to "watch out."
(d) He thinks he is immature.

2. How does "the guy who travels" get to the facility?
(a) His wife drove him.
(b) He took the train.
(c) He can't remember.
(d) He drove himself.

3. When do J.P.'s hands become steady?
(a) At the end of the story.
(b) New Year's Day.
(c) Right after telling his stories.
(d) New Year's Eve.

4. What is J.P.'s wife driving the day they meet?
(a) A jalopy.
(b) A van.
(c) A pick-up truck.
(d) A panel truck.

5. Why does the narrator's landlord do the remembered task in the early morning?
(a) He wants to wake the narrator up.
(b) Because rain is expected.
(c) Because he has somewhere else to go.
(d) Before it gets too hot.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What object is used to rescue J.P. from the well?

3. Who takes J.P. to the treatment facility?

4. After his girlfriend leaves, where does the narrator sit?

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

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