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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Story of a Scar, Murderers, The Misfits, Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?, and A Good Man is Hard to Find..

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of the following boys is NOT present in the story "Murderers"?
(a) Harold Cohen.
(b) Philip Liebowitz.
(c) Arnold Bloom.
(d) Frank Delano.

3. Who is the co-editor of this collection along with Tom Jenks?
(a) Ernest Hemingway.
(b) John Steinbeck.
(c) Raymond Carver.
(d) Junot Diaz.

4. Who stands up for Willi Varig when he is too drunk to address the audience at the convention he had been hired to speak at?
(a) No one stands up for Willi.
(b) Emily's daughter.
(c) Emily's boss.
(d) Emily.

5. Which of the following facts is true about Eugene Kraft in "A Poetic for Bullies"?
(a) He walks with a limp.
(b) He drools when he speaks.
(c) He has a lazy eye.
(d) He has only one hand.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the man with whom Willi's mother has sexual relations?

2. Which of the following examples is NOT a way that Push attempts to show dominance over John Williams?

3. Which of the following statements is NOT true about the girl in the story "Verona"?

4. Whose death prompted Sonny to start using drugs?

5. In the story "Sonny's Blues," in which branch of the armed forces did the narrator serve?

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