SparkNotes: A Death in the Family: Chapters 3-4 Quiz: Quick Quiz

1 of 5
When the ferryman asks about Jay's father, Jay says that his father is ___.

Come on poorly
Took at the heart
Chasing the angels
Living on borrowed time

2 of 5
What do Jay and the ferryman see waiting on the other side of the river?

A covered wagon
A circus caravan
A man on a bicycle
A trio of drunks

3 of 5
Why does Mary have trouble feeling sorry for Jay's father?

She hardly knows him
She thinks he's faking
He looks down on her
She never liked him

4 of 5
Mary saw in Grampa Follet, "a kind of ___ which took advantage, and heaped disadvantage and burden on others."

Arrogance
Faith
Weakness
Ignorance

5 of 5
What does Mary worry may widen the gulf between herself and Jay?

Raising the children Catholic
Her family's reputation
Trying to pay the bills
His drinking problem

A Death in the Family

1 of 5
When the ferryman asks about Jay's father, Jay says that his father is ___.

2 of 5
What do Jay and the ferryman see waiting on the other side of the river?

3 of 5
Why does Mary have trouble feeling sorry for Jay's father?

4 of 5
Mary saw in Grampa Follet, "a kind of ___ which took advantage, and heaped disadvantage and burden on others."

5 of 5
What does Mary worry may widen the gulf between herself and Jay?

Popular pages: A Death in the Family

Character List CHARACTERS

Rufus Follet: Character Analysis CHARACTERS

Important Quotations Explained MAIN IDEAS

Themes MAIN IDEAS

Review Quiz FURTHER STUDY

Take a Study Break

Every Book on Your English Syllabus Summed Up in a Quote from The Office

The 20 Best Insults in Fiction, RANKED

7 Beloved Fictional Characters Who Are Secretly Terrible People

60 Young Adult Movie Adaptations, Ranked

QUIZ: Is He in Love with You, or Is He Just Obsessed with Recreating the Past?

18 of the Most Brilliant Lines of Foreshadowing in Literature

QUIZ: Which Jane Austen Novel Do You Belong In?

1 of 5 When the ferryman asks about Jay's father, Jay says that his father is ___.

2 of 5 What do Jay and the ferryman see waiting on the other side of the river?

3 of 5 Why does Mary have trouble feeling sorry for Jay's father?

4 of 5 Mary saw in Grampa Follet, "a kind of ___ which took advantage, and heaped disadvantage and burden on others."

5 of 5 What does Mary worry may widen the gulf between herself and Jay?

Popular pages: A Death in the Family

Character List CHARACTERS

Rufus Follet: Character Analysis CHARACTERS

Important Quotations Explained MAIN IDEAS

Themes MAIN IDEAS

Review Quiz FURTHER STUDY

Take a Study Break

Every Book on Your English Syllabus Summed Up in a Quote from The Office

The 20 Best Insults in Fiction, RANKED

7 Beloved Fictional Characters Who Are Secretly Terrible People

60 Young Adult Movie Adaptations, Ranked

QUIZ: Is He in Love with You, or Is He Just Obsessed with Recreating the Past?

18 of the Most Brilliant Lines of Foreshadowing in Literature

QUIZ: Which Jane Austen Novel Do You Belong In?

1 of 5
When the ferryman asks about Jay's father, Jay says that his father is ___.

2 of 5
What do Jay and the ferryman see waiting on the other side of the river?

3 of 5
Why does Mary have trouble feeling sorry for Jay's father?

4 of 5
Mary saw in Grampa Follet, "a kind of ___ which took advantage, and heaped disadvantage and burden on others."

5 of 5
What does Mary worry may widen the gulf between herself and Jay?