Room Quizzes

Room Quiz #1

1 Who is Jack as a narrator?
Ma's imaginary friend.

Ma's young son.

Ma's insidious abductor.

Ma's ancient father.
2 How does Jack's perspective best compare to the events at hand?
Understanding in the face of information and context.

Dignity in the face of prudishness and fear.

Innocence in the face of confusion and horror.

Antagonism in the face of worry and hopelessness.
3 What's the best reason why Jack refers to he and his mother's various possessions as proper nouns?
They are proper to him because he only knows one of each and so treats them as if each is the only one that exists.

He considers them animate objects with agency and personality and names them in accordance.

His mother refuses to correct him on referring to everything by proper names.

His doesn't yet understand the fundamentals of language-learning.
4 The room in which Ma and Jack live at the book's opening can be best described as...
Overflowing with all the things they need.

Spacious and relatively accommodating.

Barely big enough to lay down in.

Small and full of only bare essentials.
5 With which important event does Room open?
Jack's fifth birthday.

Old Nick visiting unannounced.

Jack and Ma's liberation.

TV breaking, devastating Jack and Ma.
6 To what does Jack refer when he discusses "having some"?
Applesauce.

Breast milk.

Bugs.

Spaghetti.
7 What is Ma and Jack's relationship with TV at the start of the book?
The TV doesn't work, so it's mostly a laundry collector and sometimes a fort.

They use it as a table on which to eat, in addition to for entertainment.

They watch it constantly, desperate to feel like they're a part of the outside world.

They watch it a little, but not too much—so they don't rot their brains.
8 What is the present Ma has for Jack on his actual birthday?
A new watch to replace Watch.

A drawing of him that she made while he slept.

A new pair of sneakers.

A new show on TV.
9 Why doesn't Jack like his present?
He doesn't like that his mother made it while he was asleep and she was awake.

He thought he'd be leaving Room on his birthday but discovers he won't be.

Old Nick made it and he doesn't like Old Nick.

It makes him feel sick to his stomach for some reason.
10 Where does Jack sleep on nights when Old Nick visits?
On Table.

Next to the bed.

In Wardrobe.

By TV.
11 Where does Jack sleep on nights when Old Nick doesn't visit?
In Bed with Ma.

In Bath.

On Table.

In Wardrobe with Ma.
12 By early into the book, we have a general understanding of who Old Nick is. Who is he?
A man who abducted Ma and Jack several years ago and wants much to do with them despite locking them up.

A man who abducted Ma seven years ago and maintains a nonconsensual sexual relationship with her.

A religious reverend intent on keeping Ma and Jack safe as part of a cult ring.

Ma's father, insane and overprotective, who's locked her and his grandson away.
13 What is implied by Jack's quote, "[Ma] doesn't have many soft bits but they're super soft."
He refers to her breasts as "soft bits" from which he eats lots.

Ma is relatively cruel toward Jack.

Ma is likely very skinny as a result of her limited diet.

Ma is traumatized by her situation.
14 What does the skylight symbolize in Room?
Emotional insecurity.

Bland confusion.

A horrific past.

Unreachable freedom.
15 What is eggsnake?
A character on one of Jack's favorite TV shows, Dora the Explora.

A series of eggshells strung together for Jack to use as a toy.

An eggshell alarm strung together to make noise when Old Nick is coming.

A way for Ma and Jack to refer to Old Nick.
16 From what physical ailment does Ma chronically suffer?
A bad knee.

A toothache.

Migraines.

A stiff shoulder.
17 What does Jack say about the reason for his mother's ailment?
Her bad knee came from trying to kick the door down.

She threw out her shoulder striking Old Nick.

She let her teeth rot but then was "sorry."

Her migraines are a result of the sunlight coming in throught the skylight.
18 How does Jack's innocent perspective inform us that Old Nick often rapes Ma?
Jack counts the number of times Bed rocks from Wardrobe.

Jack hears Ma screaming but isn't sure why.

Jack listens to the strange things Old Nick says when he's there.

Jack watches through the slats of Wardrobe and describes what he sees.
19 What does Old Nick surprise Jack with when he learns it was his fifth birthday?
A mouse like the one he found behind the sink.

A remote controlled car.

A better TV set.

A dog named Lucky.
20 What does Jack do near the end of Presents that scares Ma and Old Nick?
He starts to cry and Ma and Old Nick hear him.

He activates his RC car and it falls off the shelf.

He comes out of the Wardrobe to get in bed with Ma and Old Nick.

He knocks on the Wardrobe door in the middle of the night.
21 At the beginning of Unlying, what does Jack notice on Ma?
She has a cut across her cheek.

Her wrist has been re-broken.

She has "dirt" (bruises) on her neck.

She's missing patches of hair.
22 Jack thinks games like Phys Ed and Eye Stretch as simple, fun activities. What truth does he not quite grasp about them?
They're the only way Ma can relax.

They were Old Nick's idea in the first place.

They're meant to keep him and Ma physically healthy.

They're part of a plan to escape from Room.
23 What happens on days when Ma is "Gone"?
Ma is allowed to leave Room once a year.

She watches TV all day without moving.

She speaks incoherently, which scares Jack.

She stays in bed all day and doesn't interact with Jack at all.
24 What is the concerning implication for Ma's "Gone" days?
She is deeply depressed.

She may spend these days daydreaming of her past.

She has no intention of sleeping at night on the days when she stays in bed.

She may have a debilitating STD.
25 How does Jack fare when Ma's "Gone"?
He grows hungry, usually waiting to eat until the next day.

He stays in Wardrobe and sleeps all day as well.

He spends the day in Bath, occasionally splashing Ma to wake her up.

He self-sufficiently goes about his day, including feeding himself.

What examples of loyalty from Ma to Jack do we see in the first two chapters of Room?

Ma shows her loyalty to her son by making sure that Old Nick has no reason to become angry with Jack or to reprimand him. She allows Old Nick to abuse her over and over again to keep Jack safe.

Asked by Megan K #1320305

Answered by jill d #170087 on 9/18/2023 9:16 PM