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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Fever, The Fisherman From Chihuahua, and Midair.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What emotion does Carlyle use to describe his life now that Mrs. Webster is involved in it?
(a) Content.
(b) Terrifying.
(c) Disorganized.
(d) Boring.

2. During what type of weather does the girl remember feeding birds with her father in the story, "Verona"?
(a) In the rain.
(b) In the sleet.
(c) In the snow.
(d) In the sunshine.

3. What drug was Sonny arrested for selling?
(a) Acid.
(b) Marijuana.
(c) Heroin.
(d) Crack.

4. What possession does the narrator in the story "1/3, 1/3, 1/3" have that is tantalizing to his neighbor woman?
(a) A typewriter.
(b) A bathtub.
(c) A tractor.
(d) A clothes iron.

5. In which of the following New York City boroughs did Sonny grow up?
(a) Manhattan.
(b) Staten Island.
(c) Queens.
(d) Bronx.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following aspects of his children's lives does Sean obsessively worry about?

2. Whose death prompted Sonny to start using drugs?

3. In what year was the latest story in this collection published?

4. What reason is Pendleton given for the gypsy's disappearance from town?

5. What country was Willi Varig fighting for in WWII?

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