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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 11-25.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Fill in the blanks in this quote from Jerry: "Sometimes a person has to go a very long ________ out of his way to come back a short _______ correctly."
(a) Distance, distance
(b) Route, route
(c) Way, way
(d) Roundabout, way

2. What does Jerry tell Peter he will learn all about?
(a) How he killed a man
(b) What his landlady is like
(c) What he did to a dog
(d) What he saw at the zoo

3. What is Peter increasingly becoming?
(a) Excited.
(b) Bored.
(c) Uncomfortable.
(d) Shy.

4. Why does Peter return to this question?
(a) Jerry seemed so emphatic about it.
(b) Jerry seemed to have an interest in publishing.
(c) Peter feels comfortable talking about his children.
(d) Peter wants to know where Jerry lives.

5. Where is the zoo?
(a) Next door
(b) Around 10th Avenue
(c) Around 65th Street
(d) In another city

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Jerry find Peter?

2. Who does Peter consider to be the finer writer when Jerry gives him a choice?

3. From where did Jerry walk to get to the park?

4. How many park benches are on the stage at the beginning of the play?

5. When Peter calls Jerry a 'dear fellow' what does Jerry accuse him of being?

(see the answer key)

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