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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is it about J.P.'s wife that "knocks him for a loop" when they first meet?
(a) Her baseball cap.
(b) Her top hat.
(c) Her blue eyes.
(d) Her height.

3. What does a kiss from a chimney sweep supposedly bring?
(a) New job.
(b) Bad health.
(c) Marriage.
(d) Good luck.

4. What nickname does J.P. call the narrator?
(a) Buddy.
(b) Man.
(c) Pal.
(d) Sport.

5. Where on their bodies do many residents at the facility, including J.P., have cuts?
(a) Arms.
(b) Necks.
(c) Faces.
(d) Wrists.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Tiny hoping to drink on New Year's Eve?

2. Where do J.P. and his wife live?

3. What is the first thing the narrator and J.P. talk about when they meet?

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

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

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