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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the woman that gave Matthew directions to the Merchisons' home in "Before the Beginning"?
(a) Daphne.
(b) Marie.
(c) Abbey.
(d) Sarah.

2. What is the full name of the pigeon that is described in "The Greeks Got Him"?
(a) Hector.
(b) Agamemnon.
(c) Achilles.
(d) Telemachus.

3. What is the name of the gray and black tabby cat described in "The Greeks Got Him"?
(a) Homer.
(b) Agamemnon.
(c) Hector.
(d) Achilles.

4. How long did Penelope have to wait to be granted asylum after fleeing the Eastern Bloc?
(a) 2 years.
(b) 9 months.
(c) 6 months.
(d) 4 months.

5. What was the name of Penelope's father?
(a) Woychek.
(b) Daniel.
(c) Walter.
(d) Waldek.

Short Answer Questions

1. What animals did Matthew dig up before finding the typewriter in "Before the Beginning"?

2. How is the word "eisteddfod" translated into English in "The Mistake Maker"?

3. Who was the man that gave Penelope money to call her father from the pay phone in "The Birthday Girl"?

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

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

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