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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who said to Michael Dunbar when he was trying to state why he came in "The Forces are Displayed," "For Christ's sake, spit the fucking thing out!" (78)?

2. What is the title of Part 3 of the novel?

3. Who is referred to as "the moneymaker, the friendly one" in "Warming Up the Clay Way" (19)?

4. What color are Michael's mother's glasses described as in "The Murderer Wasn't Always a Murderer"?

5. How long did Penelope have to wait to be granted asylum after fleeing the Eastern Bloc?

(see the answer key)

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