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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the boy from "An Encounter" who plans to go on the adventure but does not end up meeting the other boys?
(a) Mahony.
(b) Leo Dillon.
(c) Flynn.
(d) Billy Gardiner.

2. What does the narrator of "Araby" find in the stall he enters?
(a) Vases and tea sets.
(b) Paintings.
(c) Jewelry.
(d) Copper sculptures.

3. The narrator of "An Encounter" shouts which name to get his companion's attention so that they can run away from the old man?
(a) Murphy.
(b) Sean.
(c) O'Donnell.
(d) Frankie.

4. In "An Encounter," what form of discipline for schoolboys who are caught talking to girls does the old man prefer?
(a) Detention.
(b) Expulsion.
(c) Lecturing.
(d) Whipping.

5. The church fathers had written books as large as which book familiar to the narrator of "The Sisters"?
(a) The Oxford English Dictionary.
(b) Les Miserables.
(c) Post Office Directory.
(d) War and Peace.

Short Answer Questions

1. The old man in "An Encounter" says that young boys can't read some of the works by which author?

2. In what city did the dead man of "The Sisters" complete his education?

3. What is the name of the dead man in "The Sisters"?

4. What is the odd word from Euclid that the narrator of "The Sisters" mentions?

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

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