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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 is the name of the captain who pulls the monkey from the water in the story "Letters from the Samantha"?
(a) Moses.
(b) Lazarus.
(c) Samson.
(d) Ezekiel.

2. Who does the narrator of the story "Dream Children" claim to meet with during her times of travel?
(a) Her daughter.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her son.
(d) Her father.

3. How are Sonny and the narrator related in "Sonny's Blues"?
(a) They are brothers.
(b) They are cousins.
(c) They are father and son.
(d) They are best friends.

4. Which of the following examples is NOT a way that Push attempts to show dominance over John Williams?
(a) He eggs his house.
(b) He challenges him to a fight.
(c) He makes jokes about him.
(d) He sprays graffiti about him around town.

5. When Sarah goes missing in the story "Weekend," how does Julie search for her?
(a) In a car.
(b) On foot.
(c) On horseback.
(d) On a bicycle.

Short Answer Questions

1. How far away does the fisherman guesstimate his boat is when he realizes it floated away from their ledge?

2. What is the name of Noel's wife in the story "The Amish Farmer"?

3. In the story "Sonny's Blues," what does the narrator do for a living?

4. What is the name of Jack Hawthorne's brother?

5. In "Verona," how does the mother in the story react when she sees her husband feeding birds with their daughter?

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