Room Quizzes

Room Quiz #1

By Kristen Osborne-Bartucca · Edited by Aaron Suduiko · Last reviewed July 09, 2019

1 Who is Jack as a narrator?

Ma's ancient father.

Ma's young son.

Ma's imaginary friend.

Ma's insidious abductor.
2 How does Jack's perspective best compare to the events at hand?

Dignity in the face of prudishness and fear.

Innocence in the face of confusion and horror.

Understanding in the face of information and context.

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?

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

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

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.

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...

Spacious and relatively accommodating.

Overflowing with all the things they need.

Small and full of only bare essentials.

Barely big enough to lay down in.
5 With which important event does Room open?

Jack's fifth birthday.

TV breaking, devastating Jack and Ma.

Old Nick visiting unannounced.

Jack and Ma's liberation.
6 To what does Jack refer when he discusses "having some"?

Breast milk.

Applesauce.

Spaghetti.

Bugs.
7 What is Ma and Jack's relationship with TV at the start of the book?

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

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 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 drawing of him that she made while he slept.

A new watch to replace Watch.

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.

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

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

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

Next to the bed.

In Wardrobe.

By TV.

On Table.
11 Where does Jack sleep on nights when Old Nick doesn't visit?

In Bath.

In Bed with Ma.

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 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.

A man who abducted Ma and Jack several years ago and wants much to do with them despite locking them up.
13 What is implied by Jack's quote, "[Ma] doesn't have many soft bits but they're super soft."

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

He refers to her breasts as "soft bits" from which he eats lots.

Ma is relatively cruel toward Jack.

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

Unreachable freedom.

Emotional insecurity.

A horrific past.

Bland confusion.
15 What is eggsnake?

A way for Ma and Jack to refer to Old Nick.

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.
16 From what physical ailment does Ma chronically suffer?

A stiff shoulder.

Migraines.

A toothache.

A bad knee.
17 What does Jack say about the reason for his mother's ailment?

She threw out her shoulder striking Old Nick.

Her bad knee came from trying to kick the door down.

Her migraines are a result of the sunlight coming in throught the skylight.

She let her teeth rot but then was "sorry."
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 watches through the slats of Wardrobe and describes what he sees.

Jack listens to the strange things Old Nick says when he's there.
19 What does Old Nick surprise Jack with when he learns it was his fifth birthday?

A remote controlled car.

A better TV set.

A mouse like the one he found behind the sink.

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 knocks on the Wardrobe door in the middle of the night.

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

He activates his RC car and it falls off the shelf.
21 At the beginning of Unlying, what does Jack notice on Ma?

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

She has a cut across her cheek.

She's missing patches of hair.

Her wrist has been re-broken.
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 part of a plan to escape from Room.

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

They're the only way Ma can relax.

They're meant to keep him and Ma physically healthy.
23 What happens on days when Ma is "Gone"?

Ma is allowed to leave Room once a year.

She stays in bed all day and doesn't interact with Jack at all.

She speaks incoherently, which scares Jack.

She watches TV all day without moving.
24 What is the concerning implication for Ma's "Gone" days?

She is deeply depressed.

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

She may have a debilitating STD.

She may spend these days daydreaming of her past.
25 How does Jack fare when Ma's "Gone"?

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.

He grows hungry, usually waiting to eat until the next day.

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