Ordinary People Quizzes

Think you’ve got your head wrapped around Ordinary People? Put your knowledge to the test. Good luck — the Stickman is counting on you!
Q. Whose death impacts the Jarrett family?


Conrad's
Buck's
Grandpa's
Vince Guaraldi's
Q. How does Berger define depression?


as being "without color"
as being "underwater"
as a "plain and simple reduction of feeling"
as "watching a marathon of Two and a Half Men"
Q. Why did Conrad distance himself from his friends?


They all have girlfriends, and he doesn't.
They're going to different colleges.
They remind him of his dead brother.
They didn't like Star Wars.
Q. Unable to deal with family matters, who leaves the family at the end of the book?


Conrad
Calvin
Beth
Steve Urkel
Q. Besides himself, who does Conrad have his first sexual experience with?


Karen
Jeannine
the woman in the library parking lot
Lazenby