Lily and the Octopus Quiz

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

What is Ted's willingness to miss his sister's wedding for Lily significant of? (from Pages 1 – 64)

How much he is looking for an excuse not to go to San Francisco.

How much Lily means to him.

How much he wishes the past could be relived.

How much Lily wanted to go to San Francisco as well.

2.

What does the Fishful Thinking represent? (from Pages 189 – 240)

Wishful thinking.

Memories of better times.

Dreams.

Ernst Hemingway's battle with the white whale.

3.

What does the Thanksgiving dinner that Ted prepares come to symbolize? (from Pages 65 – 123)

His desire to be thankful for good things in his life all year-round.

His displeasure at cooking a turkey in an oven on a hot June day.

His growing insanity regarding Lily's condition.

His growing acceptance of Lily's condition.

4.

Why does Ted head into Chinatown? (from Pages 189 – 240)

To go on a date.

To bring Lily to an acupuncturist.

To buy a squid.

To buy an octopus.

5.

Why does Ted feel so terribly when Lily has a night seizure? (from Pages 124 – 180)

Because he used to get mad at Lily for constantly changing sleeping positions during the night and waking him up each time.

Because he used to get mad at Lily for snoring.

Because he used to get mad at her for playing with the covers and puling them off in the middle of the night.

Because he used to get mad at her for not going to the bathroom before going to bed.

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