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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the title of the story refer to?
(a) What the narrator says his wife will ask him.
(b) Something the narrator says to J.P.
(c) What the telephone operator asks the narrator.
(d) What the narrator's wife asks him.

2. Who brought the narrator to the facility for his first stay?
(a) His best friend.
(b) His wife.
(c) His girlfriend.
(d) He drove himself.

3. What is one thing J.P. worries about when he is in the well?
(a) That it would rain.
(b) All of the above.
(c) That something would fall on him.
(d) That he would starve to death.

4. What is the last line of the story?
(a) "Happy New Year."
(b) "Guess who?"
(c) "It's me."
(d) "Did I wake you up?"

5. How long is Tiny in the hospital after his fall?
(a) Three days.
(b) Almost a week.
(c) A day.
(d) Two days.

Short Answer Questions

1. What state is the girlfriend in when they arrive at the facility?

2. What short story does the narrator mention having read?

3. Who calls for an ambulance after Tiny's fall?

4. On New Year's Eve, who asks for champagne as a joke?

5. What is J.P.'s real name?

(see the answer key)

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