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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "A Mother".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the first paragraph of "The Sisters," the narrator states that he will know if his friend is dead because he will see what in the window?
(a) A black curtain.
(b) A ghost.
(c) Two candles.
(d) An old woman wearing black.

2. What does Mr. Duffy always carry while he walks?
(a) A pipe.
(b) An umbrella.
(c) A newspaper.
(d) A hazel walking stick.

3. After delivering the object the men of "Ivy Day in the Committee Room" are expecting, what does the servant boy ask for?
(a) A bite to eat.
(b) A tip.
(c) Bottles.
(d) An apology.

4. How old is Mrs. Sinico when she dies in "A Painful Case"?
(a) Fifty-two.
(b) Sixty.
(c) Thirty-nine.
(d) Forty-three.

5. Who comes to look for Mr. Fanning in "Ivy Day in the Committee Room"?
(a) Father Keon.
(b) Father Malone.
(c) Mr. O'Connor.
(d) Mr. Fanning's wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. When she was still single, what did Mrs. Kearney do instead of falling in love?

2. Which scent does the desk in "A Painful Case" NOT contain?

3. In "After the Race," where are the race cars going?

4. Of whom does the poem in "Ivy Day in the Committee Room" speak?

5. Of what did the dead man in "The Sisters" die?

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