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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the narrator, what is J.P.'s emotional state at the beginning of the story?
(a) Resentful.
(b) Angry.
(c) Hopeful.
(d) Scared.

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

3. Where do J.P. and his wife go on their first date?
(a) The movies.
(b) A bar.
(c) A baseball game.
(d) A fast-food restaurant.

4. In the story, what is the chimney a metaphor for?
(a) Rigidity.
(b) Alcoholism.
(c) Salvation.
(d) Happiness.

5. Who takes J.P. to the treatment facility?
(a) His father.
(b) The police.
(c) His wife.
(d) His in-laws.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word does J.P. use to describe how the facility's proprietor makes him feel?

2. How does the narrator describe himself and others at the facility?

3. In what state does the story take place?

4. On the narrator's first stay at the facility, the proprietor tells him that the staff can help him if what happens?

5. Whose head is described as "too small for the rest of his body"?

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