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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Daddy Garbage by John Edgar Wideman.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What gender does Beth believe her baby to be?
(a) She does not know.
(b) A girl.
(c) A boy.
(d) Both: she think she has twins.

2. In Minor Heroism, what happens between father and son one New Year's Eve that shocks the father?
(a) In anger the father hit his son.
(b) His son told him he was getting married.
(c) His son knocked him to the ground.
(d) In frsutration the father called his son names.

3. In the story Helping, what do both Elliot and Grace do for a living?
(a) They are both psychiatrists.
(b) They are both lawyers.
(c) One is an artist, the other a scientists.
(d) One is a social worker, the other is a lawyer.

4. In The Things They Carried, how does Ted Lavendar die?
(a) He is shot in the back.
(b) He is shot in the head.
(c) He is hit by a grenade.
(d) He has a heart attack from fear.

5. In Murderers, what music could the boys hear from their vantage point?
(a) A rumba.
(b) Rock music.
(c) A symphony.
(d) Jazz.

Short Answer Questions

1. In River of Names, what does the narrator's lover accuse her of?

2. Who is telling the story of the first day?

3. In The Things They Carried, what does First Lieutenant Jimmy Cross carry with him in Vietnam?

4. Where does Beth tell Casey he has to go by himself the evening of the full moon?

5. How does Charles Bad Holy MacLeod die?

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