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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Bernborough," Matthew says, "On days like these, Henry had rules" (27). What was the first rule?
(a) "There had to be beer."
(b) "There had to be fighitng."
(c) "There had to be air-conditioning."
(d) "There had to be cigarettes."

2. Who is referred to as "the moneymaker, the friendly one" in "Warming Up the Clay Way" (19)?
(a) Matthew.
(b) Henry.
(c) Clay.
(d) Rory.

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

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) Paris.
(d) Vienna.

5. On what street is the Dunbar home described as having been located?
(a) Pepper Street.
(b) Archer Street.
(c) Archibald Street.
(d) Miller Street.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what is the sun in Australia compared through metaphor in the beginning of "The Mistake Maker"?

2. Matthew describes Rory and Henry looking like melded elements in "The Forces are Displayed" (76). What elements does he describe combined?

3. What book did Clay know Carey Novac was reading in "The Forces are Displayed"?

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

5. What is the name of the border collie that is described in "Warming Up the Clay Way"?

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