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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How old is J.P.?
(a) Forty.
(b) Twenty-two.
(c) About thirty.
(d) Thirty-eight.

3. What is the physical appearance of J.P.'s wife, according to the narrator?
(a) Tall and red-haired.
(b) Tall and blonde.
(c) Tall and slim.
(d) Tall and good-looking.

4. What health news does the narrator's girlfriend receive on Christmas Eve?
(a) She is pregnant.
(b) She has an abnormal Pap smear.
(c) She has a malignant tumor.
(d) She has to have surgery.

5. On another occasion, how does J.P. physically injure his wife?
(a) Breaks her thumb.
(b) Dislocates her shoulder.
(c) Scratches her face.
(d) Breaks her nose.

Short Answer Questions

1. What phrase does the narrator say whenever J.P. stops telling his story about meeting and dating his wife?

2. Where on their bodies do many residents at the facility, including J.P., have cuts?

3. Where is Tiny hoping to be on New Year's Eve?

4. How do the other patients respond when Tiny tells his story at breakfast?

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

(see the answer key)

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