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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many candles surround the protagonist in "The Third Resignation"?
(a) Thirty.
(b) Twenty-two.
(c) Four.
(d) Seven.

2. What is the protagonist of "Dialogue" going to have for breakfast?
(a) Eggs.
(b) Doughnuts.
(c) Pancakes.
(d) Kidneys.

3. What does José call the woman in "The Woman who Came at Six O'Clock"?
(a) Mother.
(b) Maria.
(c) Queen.
(d) Sweetheart.

4. In "Night," what did the woman say caused the man's blindness?
(a) Gossip.
(b) Intuition.
(c) The television.
(d) The newspaper.

5. In "Someone," what was the girl carrying when she came to the narrator's house?
(a) A suitcase.
(b) A saxophone.
(c) A kitten.
(d) A gramophone.

Short Answer Questions

1. What caused the characters' blindness in "Night"?

2. At the end of "The Woman," what time does the woman say she arrived at the restaurant?

3. In the end of "The Third Resignation," what does the protagonist die of?

4. What is the only word the girl in "Nabo" knows?

5. In "The Third Resignation," what does the protagonist imagine becoming after his body decays?

Short Essay Questions

1. Summarize the relationship between the two characters in "Eyes of a Blue Dog."

2. Why does Eva want an orange, and how does she decide to get it?

3. Why does the boy not want to lead the blind men in "Night"?

4. Why do the sleepwalkers want the woman to cry?

5. Why does the woman in "The Woman who Came at Six O'Clock" so emphasize the time?

6. How does the protagonist notice he is "really" dying? Explain.

7. Describe the woman's appearance when she came to the narrator's house in "Someone."

8. Describe some of the ways the woman has tried to find the man.

9. Describe the protagonist's dream in "The Other Side of Death."

10. Who is waiting for Nabo, and why?

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