Pigman Quiz

 

  1. When he was a freshman, John expressed his opinion of school by
    1. writing letters to the editor of his school paper.
    2. setting off firecrackers in the boys’ bathroom.
    3. staying after school every night.
    4. Skipping school every Wednesday.

 

  1. John showed leadership qualities by organizing
    1. a coed volleyball team
    2. collection of rotten fruit from the crates of the cafeteria
    3. a picket line in the cafeteria
    4. a fruit roll on Wednesdays when there was a substitute

 

  1. During his sophomore year, John gave up his pranks and confined his activities to
    1. writing on the desks
    2. sending paper airplanes through the library
    3. chewing bubble gum and cracking it
    4. throwing paper balls

 

  1. John and Lorraine decided to write the memorial epic about Mr. Pignati because
    1. some strange things had happened in the last few months
    2. they were commissioned by a book publisher to write his story
    3. Mr. Pignati left them money to write his story
    4. Their English teacher had assigned a true experience story

 

  1. Lorraine attributes John’s beer drinking to
    1. Norton Kelly’s influence
    2. The gang John runs around with
    3. John’s paranoia
    4. His father’s example when John was young

 

  1. The thing John and Lorraine liked best about the Pigman was
    1. he never called them jazzy, cool, or hip
    2. he played a sharp poker game
    3. he always offered them beer
    4. he had lots of money

 

  1. In one way Mr. Pignati was similar to
    1. Bobo
    2. Norton Kelly
    3. Miss Reillen
    4. Lorraine’s mother

 

  1. John and Lorraine became acquainted with the Pigman by
    1. picking up a contribution to the L&J Fund
    2. doing yard work for him
    3. being introduced by a mutual friend
    4. meeting his wife

 

  1. The object of the telephone marathon was
    1. to get money for the school’s Varsity Club
    2. to set up an emergency telephone system
    3. to keep a stranger talking as long as possible
    4. to raise money for the Cancer Fund

 

  1. John’s father put a lock on their phone because
    1. John’s father wanted to monitor his calls
    2. John talked too long
    3. The telephone company required the lock in the city
    4. All of the above

 

  1. Lorraine began to feel sorry that she had called Mr. Pignati because
    1. he yelled at her
    2. he tried to sell her a subscription to a magazine
    3. he seemed quite mean
    4. he sounded like a nice, lonely, old man

 

  1. John’s mother refers to Kenneth as a model of proper behavior. Who is Kenneth?
    1. John’s cousin
    2. John’s father
    3. John’s brother
    4. John’s best friend

 

  1. John places blame for the glue in the telephone lock on
    1. Kenneth
    2. Aunt Ahra
    3. Lorraine
    4. Norton

 

  1. Lorraine’s mother works as a
    1. social worker
    2. secretary
    3. receptionist
    4. nurse

 

  1. The author gives many clues that “coping with death” may be the theme of this novel by:
    1. having Lorraine’s mother act as a hospice nurse
    2. telling how Aunt Ahra died in the family’s apartment
    3. having the stranger on the corner shout, “Death is coming.”
    4. All of these.

 

  1. Mr. Pignati enjoyed visiting the zoo because he
    1. was interested in zoology
    2. enjoyed getting away from his wife
    3. thought of the animals as his friends
    4. liked to talk to the other people there

 

  1. How does John’s father react to John’s plans to be an actor?
    1. he thinks John is a lunatic
    2. he encourages him in his choice
    3. he promises to send him to acting school
    4. he hits John

 

  1. There are several deaths in this story. Why do John and Lorraine only react to Mr. Pignati’s death?
    1. They had befriended only Mr. Pignati
    2. There was no close relationship with the other people.
    3. Both of these reasons.

 

 

 

 

  1. Norton Kelly was called the Marshmallow Kid because
    1. he always carried around a bag of marshmallows
    2. his father worked for Campfire Marshmallow Co.
    3. he was fat like a marshmallow
    4. he got caught stealing marshmallows from a store

 

  1. After John and Lorraine confessed that they were not charity workers, Mr. Pignati made a confession which was
    1. he wife was dead
    2. he and his wife fought all the time
    3. he owned a house in California
    4. he had a son in California

 

  1. During the roller skating tag game, Mr. Pignati
    1. sprained his ankle
    2. turned fancy figures on the hall floor
    3. did a skater’s waltz
    4. has a heart attack

 

  1. The evening of John and Lorraine’s candlelight spaghetti dinner apparently changed
    1. John’s attitude toward his father
    2. Lorraine’s attitude toward her mother
    3. John’s attitude toward Lorraine
    4. John’s attitude toward Mr. Pignati

 

  1. Mr. Pignati died
    1. at the party
    2. of pneumonia in the hospital
    3. at the zoo
    4. when he admitted to himself that his wife was dead

 

  1. John tries to give the Pigman’s death some meaning; he says “Trespassing – that’s what he (Mr. Pignati) had done.” What does he mean?
    1. when you grow up, you’re not supposed to go back.
    2. Mr. Pignati had interrupted their party.
    3. When you mature, you don’t sin
    4. None of the above

 

  1. Lorraine said of her experiences with the Pigman, “We were just playing.” How did she define play?
    1. dressing up and reading dramatic parts.
    2. Something natural to prepare for later life.
    3. Doing mean tricks on older people
    4. Whatever one does that is not work.