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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16-23.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Grady tells the reader that his father died by what method?
(a) Illness.
(b) Homicide.
(c) Suicide.
(d) Accident.

2. In what way are Deb and Emily related to one another?
(a) Sisters.
(b) Mother and daughter.
(c) Aunt and niece.
(d) Sisters-in-law.

3. The setting of Chapter 8 is the home of the family with which last name?
(a) Gaskell.
(b) Warfield.
(c) Johnson.
(d) McHugh.

4. Grady relates to the guest speaker's ideas about what types of figures?
(a) Deities.
(b) Icons.
(c) Ghosts.
(d) Doppelgangers.

5. What kind of tree does Grady make remarks about early on in Chapter 20?
(a) Horse chestnut.
(b) Fir.
(c) Magnolia.
(d) Pear.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what type of Hollywood deaths is one particular character interested throughout the narrative?

2. Who tells Grady in Chapter 11 that she thinks Crabtree is romantically attracted to James?

3. It is revealed in Chapter 7 that which character is interested in particular types of Hollywood deaths?

4. Grady says in Chapter 20, "It's always been hard for me to tell the difference between denial and what used to be known as" (177) what?

5. How many years before narrative present did Grady and Emily begin their courtship?

(see the answer key)

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