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Kate Walbert
Paris 1991

Our Kind: A Novel in Stories | Quiz

Kate Walbert
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Our Kind: A Novel in Stories | Quiz

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1)

What does Pips Phelp consider the issue in #63 to be? (from Screw Martha)

Toxic
Blessing
Nuisance
Health hazard
2)

Where are Viv and Don when he asks her to marry him? (from The Beginning of the End)

During a romantic dinner
Sitting on campus
At a football game
On the phone
3)

What does Canoe host in this section? (from Come as You Were)

Garden party
Bridal shower
Fourth of July picnic
Easter dinner
4)

Who was Megan visiting at the time of her death? (from Screw Martha)

Her grandparents
Her mother
Her best friend
Her father
5)

Which two women are the lesbians in the group? (from Come as You Were)

Carmen and Mimi
Carmen and Louise
Carmen and Suzie
Canoe and Suzie
6)

Which author are the women discussing today? (from Sick Chicks)

Ernest Hemingway
Virginia Woolf
F. Scott Fitzgerald
William Saroyan
7)

When does Viv tell her mentors that she plans to marry? (from The Beginning of the End)

In a year or so
In six months
In three months
In less than a month
8)

What does the instructor ask Viv to do? (from The Beginning of the End)

Tutor some students
Take the class again
Read aloud from her notebook
Teach the class
9)

What does Judy call herself and the other hospice guests? (from Sick Chicks)

Short timers
Ill pills
Real sickos
Sick chicks
10)

On what day is Canoe's party held? (from Come as You Were)

Fourth of July
Easter
Summer Solstice
New Year's Eve
11)

What does Canoe serve that the women and girls only pick at? (from Back When They Were Children)

Chicken salad
Jell-o
Pasta salad
Sandwiches
12)

What does Viv refer to Big Ben as? (from Sick Chicks)

death knell
The universe's timekeeper
Father Time
Britain's wrist watch
13)

What did Clark call Gay soon after their wedding? (from Come as You Were)

Passionate
Frigid
A firecracker
A limp fish
14)

Where will all the children spend the upcoming holiday? (from The Hounds, Again)

With their fathers
Hawaii
Florida
Aspen
15)

Megan's death as a young girl and the smashing of the goose eggs is an example of which literary technique? (from Screw Martha)

Metaphor
Simile
Onomatopoeia
Symbolism
16)

What is the name of the business owned by the person in #130? (from Back When They Were Children)

Brush & Palette
Stitches in Time
Yarn Dome
Crafty Lady
17)

Which holiday is approaching? (from The Hounds, Again)

Christmas
Hannukkah
Halloween
Easter
18)

What do the women drink after the photographer leaves? (from Warriors)

Bloody Mary
Sangria
Cider
Coffee
19)

Where had Viv been enrolled in college? (from The Beginning of the End)

Duke
Smith
Yale
Princeton
20)

Who is Viv's instructor at the answer to #174? (from The Beginning of the End)

Greg
Gordon
Glenn
Garrett
21)

What is one of Judy's jobs at the hospice? (from Sick Chicks)

Make phone calls
Answer letters
Make bread
Feed the farm animals
22)

What happens while Louise is having her photos taken? (from Warriors)

She goes into labor
She falls off a stool
She sings karaoke
She faints
23)

What did Louise name her daughter in deference to her husband's wishes? (from Sick Chicks)

Laurie
Lissa
Lizzie
Lizbeth
24)

What does Canoe bring to the craft session? (from Back When They Were Children)

Staple gun
Paint brushes
Straw hats and decorations
Fabric swatches
25)

How many oiled eggs are returned to their nests? (from Screw Martha)

326
574
1000
15
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