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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who among the Dunbar boys had insisted on keeping Achilles the mule?
(a) Henry.
(b) Rory.
(c) Matthew.
(d) Tommy.

2. How is the word "eisteddfod" translated into English in "The Mistake Maker"?
(a) Carriage.
(b) Train.
(c) Suitcase.
(d) Concert.

3. What object in the house does the narrator say "watched [the Murderer] from behind" in the end of "The Greeks Got Him" (34)?
(a) "The fence."
(b) "The piano."
(c) "The chair."
(d) "The mirror."

4. Before Penelope's father smuggled her out of the Eastern Bloc, where was the one place she had played in the West?
(a) Amsterdam.
(b) Nebenstadt.
(c) Vienna.
(d) Paris.

5. When does Matthew describe "the beginning" as taking place in "Portrait of a Killer as a Middle-Aged Man"?
(a) 13 years ago.
(b) 6 years ago.
(c) 16 years ago.
(d) 11 years ago.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Penelope's maiden name?

2. What was the second thing Penelope bought after arriving in Australia?

3. What color hair did Penelope have?

4. Where did Clay find the scrap of paper with his father's address on it in "The Forces are Displayed"?

5. What was Claudia's surname before she married?

(see the answer key)

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