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Grade 8 The Pigman
What is the climax of this story?
  1. Mr. Pignati has a heart attack and goes to the hospital.
  2. John and Lorraine dress up and dine like adults ("the kiss").
  3. The Pigman returns home during the party.
  4. Mr. Pignati dies after hearing Bobo is dead.
Grade 8 The Pigman
"It's the Pigman who has to forgive me - not you!" Who is saying this and why?
  1. Lorraine makes this comment after she and John kiss for the first time.
  2. Lorraine thinks this as her mother interrogates her after the party.
  3. John yells this to his father after the Pigman dies.
  4. John says this to Lorraine after he admits he shouldn't have thrown the party.
Grade 8 The Pigman
What confession did Mr. Pignati make?
  1. His wife was dead, not in California.
  2. He knew all along they were lying to him.
  3. He only had a few months to live.
  4. He had been in prison when he was younger.
Grade 8 The Pigman
What did John find out about Conchetta?
  1. She moved to California for good, not just a visit.
  2. She is dead.
  3. She was never real; she was in Mr. Pignati's imagination.
  4. She has divorced the Pigman.
Grade 8 The Pigman
The Cemetery is symbolic of:
  1. a place of peace and comfort
  2. a soul in which something has died
  3. an omen of the Pigman's death.
  4. the lives in which we enclose ourselves
Grade 8 The Pigman
What is the exposition of this story?
  1. John finds proof that Conchetta is dead.
  2. John and Lorraine begin their epic about the Pigman.
  3. John realizes he is responsible for his own life.
  4. The Pigman returns home during the party.
Grade 8 The Pigman
What were Lorraine's and John's attitudes towards taking Mr. Pignati's $10?
  1. They both wanted to take the money.
  2. John wanted to take the money, but Lorraine didn't
  3. Neither of them wanted to go through with it.
  4. Lorraine wanted to take the money, but John didn't.
Grade 8 The Pigman
Why is Lorraine's mother suspicious about her relationship with the Pigman?
  1. She thinks Lorraine is trying to steal from him.
  2. She suspects that he may have tried to take advantage of Lorraine.
  3. She is over-protective and fearful of men's intentions in general.
  4. Both b & c
Grade 8 The Pigman
The following is an example of John as a dynamic character:
  1. John first thinks as Mr. Pignati as foolish and childish, then sees him as a generous and caring friend.
  2. John first sees Lorraine as his buddy, then sees her as more than a friend.
  3. John is very irresponsible and blames others for his problems, then he accepts responsibility for his own actions.
  4. All of the above
Grade 8 The Pigman
The White Pig Figurine is symbolic of:
  1. the love between Mr. Pignati and Conchetta
  2. the lives in which we enclose ourselves
  3. a place of peace and comfort
  4. John and Lorraine's determination to memorialize the Pigman
Grade 8 The Pigman
"Maybe we speeded things up a little, but you really can't say we murdered him. Not murdered him." John's comment seems to be an attempt to:
  1. convince himself that their influence on the Pigman's death was minimal
  2. blame the Pigman's death on Lorraine
  3. suggest that the Pigman killed himself
  4. confess to killing Mr. Pignati
Grade 8 The Pigman
John says that when the Pigman dies, something dies in them as well. What does this death within them represent?
  1. their love
  2. their innocence/childhood
  3. their freedom
  4. all of the above
Grade 8 The Pigman
John doesn't want Norton to hurt Mr. Pignati. What type of conflict of this?
  1. man vs. man
  2. man vs. society
  3. man vs. himself
  4. man vs. nature
Grade 8 The Pigman
Mr. Pignati is called "The Pigman" because:
  1. He kept a messy house
  2. He liked to eat a lot
  3. He collected miniature pigs
  4. He used to be a pig farmer
Grade 8 The Pigman
What do John and Lorraine tell the police when they come to get Mr. Pignati after his heart attack?
  1. They are social workers assigned to his case.
  2. They are his only friends.
  3. He is one of Lorraine's mother's patients.
  4. They are his children.
Grade 8 The Pigman
"Baboons. Baboons. They build their own cages, we could almost hear Mr. Pignati whisper, as he took his children with him." What is the significance of John's final comment?
  1. It is a symbol for the mistakes he has made in his life.
  2. It is an omen of the Pigman's death.
  3. It is an omen that his relationship with Lorraine is doomed.
  4. It is a metaphor for how humans also build emotional cages that prevent them for fully experiencing their lives and being happy.
Grade 8 The Pigman
What happened to John and Lorraine's relationship in the period following Mr. Pignati's heart attack?
  1. They realized they cared for each other as more than friends, and they began feeling awkward around each other.
  2. They became jealous of each other, and each wanted all of Mr. Pignati's attention.
  3. They realized they were seeing too much of each other and cut back on the time they were spending together.
  4. Lorraine stopped talking to John because she blamed him for causing the heart attack.
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