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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the next-door neighbor to the Dunbars in "Portrait of a Killer as a Middle-Aged Man"?
(a) Mrs. England.
(b) Mrs. De Witt.
(c) Mrs. Chilman.
(d) Mrs. Haas.

2. What book did Clay know Carey Novac was reading in "The Forces are Displayed"?
(a) The Iliad.
(b) The Quarryman.
(c) The Master Weaver.
(d) The Odyssey.

3. To what is the sun in Australia compared through metaphor in the beginning of "The Mistake Maker"?
(a) The Grim Reaper.
(b) A rocket.
(c) A Viking.
(d) A dragon.

4. Who is the eldest of the Dunbar brothers?
(a) Rory.
(b) Tommy.
(c) Henry.
(d) Matthew.

5. Who was the man that gave Penelope money to call her father from the pay phone in "The Birthday Girl"?
(a) Tadek.
(b) Michael.
(c) Waldek.
(d) Andrew.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Penelope reach a refugee camp where whe was interviewed and fingerprinted in "The Birthday Girl"?

2. What name did Penelope die with, according to the narrator in "The Mistake Maker"?

3. When does Matthew describe "the beginning" as taking place in "Portrait of a Killer as a Middle-Aged Man"?

4. What object in the house does the narrator say "watched [the Murderer] from behind" in the end of "The Greeks Got Him" (34)?

5. How old is Tommy described as in "Warming Up the Clay Way"?

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