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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Square Egg.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many children does Emily have?
(a) 4.
(b) 13.
(c) 8.
(d) 5.

2. What bird does the narrator see circling over the top of an oak-corpse?
(a) Vultures.
(b) Hawks.
(c) Great egrets.
(d) Cliff flycatchers.

3. Who does Marion Eggelby state that Clovis would like (one of her children)?
(a) David.
(b) Seth.
(c) Brian.
(d) Eric.

4. What happened that stopped the egg-seller from being able to get rich off of square eggs?
(a) He became known as a fraud.
(b) War broke out.
(c) His hens all died.
(d) His aunt killed all of the hens.

5. What job has Vanessa acquired at the end of "Cross Currents"?
(a) A kitchen staff position at the West End Club.
(b) A maid at the Carlton.
(c) A barmaid at a Russian pub.
(d) A brothel mistress.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to "The victim of war," what kind of hen produces a square egg?

2. What kind of buzzards does Mrs. Olsten say are nesting in her woods?

3. At the end of "The Square Egg," what did the narrator state he is going to do?

4. What word does "The Square Egg" define through the following :"a sort of compound between a wine-shop and a coffee-house?

5. What have none of Marion Eggelby's children been brought up to play?

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