Can't and Won't Quiz

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In Section Five, Two Former Students, what are the two students afraid of? (from Section 5: Old Woman, Old Fish, The Song, Two Former Students)

That they have failed class.

That they will get lost in the snow.

That the narrator will recognize them.

That they will be late for class.

In Section Two, Eating Fish Alone, what does the narrator only do when she doesn't have company? (from Section Two: Two Undertakers, I Ask Mary About Her Friend, the Depressive, and His Vacation, The Magic of the Train, Eating Fish Alone)

Clean.

Sing loudly.

Eat fish.

Sleep.

In Section Four, The Seals, what has happened to make the narrator sad? (from Section 4: Odon von Horvath Out Walking, On the Train, The Seals, Learning Medieval History)

Some seals have died on the coast.

She isn't sad at all.

Her sister has died.

She lost her job.

What is the ironic instance that happens when the two undertakers stop for lunch at the diner? (from Section Two: Two Undertakers, I Ask Mary About Her Friend, the Depressive, and His Vacation, The Magic of the Train, Eating Fish Alone)

Neither one of them can stand dead bodies.

Their bill is paid by the family.

They find that they are brothers.

The deceased's family are at the next table.

In Section Three, Negative Emotions, what does the Monk send to the other monks that makes them angry? (from Section Three: Men, Negative Emotions, I'm Pretty Comfortable, Judgment)

A small pebble.

A letter in the mail telling them to repent of sins.

An email about negative emotions.

A crucifix.