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I Know This Much Is True by Wally Lamb

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I Know This Much Is True by Wally Lamb game quiz
"'I Know This Much is True' is Wally Lamb's second novel. His first was 'She's Come Undone'. Both novels deal with psychology, childhood wounds, and ultimately love and happiness. Here's 20 questions about this beautiful story."

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1. When the story opens Thomas has just done what?
    cut off his hand
    cut off his foot
    cut off his arm
    cut off his fingers


2. Thomas suffers from what mental illness?
    paranoid schizophrenia
    anxiety disorder
    bipolar disorder
    he's a sociopath


3. When they were children Thomas and Dominick were photographed with which First Lady?
    Lady Bird Johnson
    Pat Nixon
    Jaqueline Kennedy
    Mamie Eisenhower


4. Where did Dominick first meet Dessa?
    The Dial-a-Date
    The Dial-Tone
    At her father's dealership
    At Dominick's college


5. Dominick and Thomas went to grade school with two other twins, what were their names?
    Angie and Dessa Constantine
    Henry and Penny Drinkwater
    Ralph and Penny Ann Drinkwater
    Leo and Angie Constantine


6. What did Dessa and Dominick name their daughter?
    Angela
    Joy
    Tyffanie
    Prosperine


7. What does Dominick call Joy's 'friend' Thad?
    The Duchess
    The Princess
    The Duke
    The Queen


8. Where does Ray work?
    Three Rivers Ship Yards
    U.S. Boat
    Electric Boat
    Power Boat


9. What is Dominick's grandfather's name?
    Tempesta Onofrio Domenico
    Domenico Onofrio Tempesta
    Domenico Tempesta Onofrio
    Onofrio Domenico Tempesta


10. How old was Thomas when he first showed signs of being ill?
    Nineteen
    Eighteen
    Seventeen
    Sixteen


11. Dominick was the father of Joy's daughter.
    True
    False


12. Who is the social worker at Hatch that helps Dominick with Thomas?
    Shaeffer
    Sheffer
    Sheffling
    Sheffield


13. Dr. Patel is Thomas's psychologist and she begins to treat Dominick as well. She tells Dominick that Thomas is like what?
    a man lost in the woods
    an abandoned baby crying for his mother
    a little boy stumbling in the dark
    a child trapped in an adult's body


14. Dominick's grandfather married a beautiful young woman from Italy. She did not come alone though. Who was 'The Monkey' who came with her?
    Prosperine
    Fillipa
    Violetta
    Ignazia


15. What condition was Dominick's mother, Concettina, born with?
    cleft-lip
    heart defect
    cleft-palate
    cystic fibrosis


16. What did Dominick's mother die of?
    Cancer
    Diabetes
    Stroke
    Heart Attack


17. What names did Thomas and Concettina use when they played dress-up and had tea?
    Mrs. Calabash and Mrs. Floon
    Mrs. Sigorso and Mrs. Floon
    Mrs. Calabash and Mrs. Tempesta
    Mrs. Birdsey and Mrs. Constantine


18. What happens to Ray near the end of the story?
    he dies
    part of his leg has to be amputated
    he goes blind
    part of his arm has to be amputated


19. Who finally tells Dominick who his real father was?
    Answer: (One Word--first name only)


20. In the end, what becomes of the old house that Dominick's grandfather built on Hollyhock Avenue?
    Ray moves back in to it
    It becomes a shelter for mentally ill adults
    It becomes a women's shelter
    It gets sold to the Wequonnec's


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