diff --git a/chapter1/astToList.coffee b/chapter1/astToList.coffee
index 5ed2a64..459c5a7 100644
--- a/chapter1/astToList.coffee
+++ b/chapter1/astToList.coffee
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 {car, cdr, cons, listp, nilp, nil,
  list, pairp, listToString} = require 'cons-lists/lists'
 {astObject} = require './astAccessors'
+{Symbol} = require './reader_types'
 
 # RICH_AST -> LISP_AST
 
 normalizeForm = (form) ->
-
+  console.log(form)
+  
   listToRecord1 = (l) ->
     o = Object.create(null)
     while(l != nil)
@@ -25,9 +27,9 @@ normalizeForm = (form) ->
     'record': (atom) -> listToRecord1(atom)
 
     # Basic native types.  Meh.
-    'symbol': id
+    'symbol': new Symbol(id)
     'number': id
-    'string': (atom) -> atom
+    'string': id
     'nil': (atom) -> nil
 
     # Values inherited from the VM.
diff --git a/chapter1/interpreter.coffee b/chapter1/interpreter.coffee
index 435fab5..9363084 100644
--- a/chapter1/interpreter.coffee
+++ b/chapter1/interpreter.coffee
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 {listToString, listToVector, pairp, cons, car, cdr, caar, cddr,
  cdar, cadr, caadr, cadar, caddr, nilp, nil, setcdr, metacadr} = require "cons-lists/lists"
-readline = require "readline"
 {Node} = require "./reader_types"
 
 class LispInterpreterError extends Error
diff --git a/chapter1/reader_types.coffee b/chapter1/reader_types.coffee
index a995bde..a8fba7c 100644
--- a/chapter1/reader_types.coffee
+++ b/chapter1/reader_types.coffee
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 exports.Node = class
   constructor: (@type, @value, @line, @column) ->
 
+exports.Symbol = class
+  constructor: (@name) ->
+    
 exports.Comment = class
   constructor: (@text) ->
 
diff --git a/chapter3/interpreter.coffee b/chapter3/interpreter.coffee
index 747b4d7..05fa410 100644
--- a/chapter3/interpreter.coffee
+++ b/chapter3/interpreter.coffee
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {listToString, listToVector, pairp, cons, car, cdr, caar, cddr, cdar,
  cadr, caadr, cadar, caddr, nilp, nil, setcdr,
  metacadr, setcar} = require "cons-lists/lists"
-{normalizeForm} = require "../chapter1/astToList"
+{normalizeForms, normalizeForm} = require "../chapter1/astToList"
 {Node} = require '../chapter1/reader_types'
 
 class LispInterpreterError extends Error
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ class VariableEnv extends FullEnv
 # quoted term uninterpreted.
 
 evaluateQuote = (v, env, kont) ->
-  kont.resume v
+  kont.resume normalizeForms v
 
 # Evaluates the conditional expression, creating a continuation with
 # the current environment that, when resumed, evaluates either the
diff --git a/test/test_reader.coffee b/test/test_reader.coffee
index 6112466..cae888c 100644
--- a/test/test_reader.coffee
+++ b/test/test_reader.coffee
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ describe "Core reader functions", ->
     ['{}', {}]
     ['[1 2 3]', [1, 2, 3]]
     # ['(1 2 3', 'error']
-    ['{foo "bar"}', {foo: "bar"}]
+    ['{"foo" "bar"}', {foo: "bar"}]
   ]
 
   for [t, v] in samples