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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the title of Part 2 of the novel?
(a) "Cities + Waters + Criminals."
(b) "Cities + Waters."
(c) "Cities."
(d) "Cities + Criminals."

3. At what time does Matthew say the Murderer arrived in "Portrait of a Killer as a Middle-Aged Man"?
(a) 3:00.
(b) 6:00.
(c) 5:00.
(d) 7:00.

4. What animals did Matthew dig up before finding the typewriter in "Before the Beginning"?
(a) A dog and a cat.
(b) A dog and a snake.
(c) A pigeon and a snake.
(d) A cat and a mule.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the woman that gave Matthew directions to the Merchisons' home in "Before the Beginning"?

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

3. In what month does Matthew describe the Murderer arriving in "Portrait of a Killer as a Middle-Aged Man"?

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

5. Who is the youngest of the Dunbar brothers?

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