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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 12: The Favors of the Moon, Which is the Real One?, A Thoroughbred & The Mirror.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator of "The Eyes of the Poor" remember the woman doing when she saw the poor man?
(a) She gave the small child a toy.
(b) She had a waiter make them leave.
(c) She turned her back to them.
(d) She threw a coin at them.

2. What makes the man in "Plans" think about a cabin?
(a) His mother.
(b) A river.
(c) A forest.
(d) A painting.

3. In "The Wild Woman and the Little Mistress", what bothers the narrator about the woman?
(a) She is poor.
(b) Her clothes are dirty.
(c) Her sister.
(d) She whines.

4. In "Solitude", what does the journalist ask the poet about sharing?
(a) If he feels the need to share joy.
(b) If he can define the word.
(c) If he shares his money with the needy.
(d) If solitude protects him from sharing.

5. What does the Moon leave with the child in "The Favors of the Moon"?
(a) A blessing.
(b) Special powers.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Wisdom.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of "Plans", what does the man say about planning?

2. In "Solitude", how does the journalist back up his statement that solitude is bad for men?

3. Why does the narrator want something of color from the glazier in "The Bad Glazier"?

4. In "Beautiful Dorothy", why is Dorothy saving money?

5. In "The Wild Woman and the Little Mistress", what does the narrator describe as being in an iron cage?

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