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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the blind man’s response when the narrator asks “if he wanted to smoke some dope with me”?
(a) I’ll try some with you
(b) I respectfully decline
(c) I thought you’d never ask
(d) You can roll some of mine

2. What Irish actor does the blind man quote in saying “When I drink water, I drink water. When I drink whiskey, I drink whiskey”?
(a) Stuart Townsend
(b) Peter O’Toole
(c) Barry Fitzgerald
(d) Brendan Gleeson

3. Where is the blind man going to visit his dead wife’s relatives in the beginning of the story?
(a) Connecticut
(b) Oregon
(c) Alaska
(d) Alabama

4. What is the name of the blind man’s wife who recently passed away in the story?
(a) Beulah
(b) Melissa
(c) Christine
(d) Maria

5. What kind of pie does the narrator’s wife serve at dinner?
(a) Apple pie
(b) Peach pie
(c) Banana cream pie
(d) Strawberry pie

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator’s wife say she is going to do upstairs as she exits, leaving the narrator and the blind man alone after dinner?

2. What drink does the blind man ask for when the narrator offers him one after his arrival?

3. For how many years were the blind man and his wife married before her health went rapidly in decline?

4. What does the narrator give as a response to the narrator’s question of whether he was going to stay with his work?

5. When does the narrator say his wife was to marry her fiancé when she worked for the blind man?

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