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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word does J.P. use to describe how the facility's proprietor makes him feel?
(a) Bug.
(b) Misfit.
(c) Loser.
(d) Dog.

2. When does J.P. officially become a chimney sweep?
(a) A year after he gets married.
(b) After he tries some other jobs.
(c) After a few months dating his wife.
(d) Right after he marries his wife.

3. Whose car do the narrator and his girlfriend take to the facility?
(a) A car borrowed from a friend.
(b) A rental car.
(c) The girlfriend's.
(d) The narrator's.

4. Who advises J.P.'s wife to leave him?
(a) Her father and brother.
(b) Her best friend.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her boss.

5. Why does the proprietor suggest the narrator stay longer at the facility this time?
(a) The holidays are hard.
(b) The narrator needs a rest.
(c) The facility needs money.
(d) The narrator looks bad.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator ask J.P.'s wife to do?

2. In what part of the state does the story take place?

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

4. When J.P. physically fights with his wife, what does she do?

5. Who is Frank Martin?

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