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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the blind man remark about the narrator’s television set, saying, “Don’t ask me how, but I can tell”?
(a) That it is a color television set
(b) That the sound seems rough
(c) That it is an old television set
(d) That it is a small television set

2. What tool does the narrator note the blind man does not use after his arrival?
(a) A cane
(b) Braille
(c) A backhoe
(d) A wheelchair

3. What vegetable does the narrator’s wife throw when she has an argument with the narrator in the beginning of the story?
(a) A carrot
(b) A cucumber
(c) A pepper
(d) A potato

4. What does the narrator see his wife doing as she parks the car when she returns with the blind man?
(a) Crying
(b) Laughing
(c) Holding his hand
(d) Screaming

5. What word from the story refers to a hooded garment worn by monks?
(a) Mukluk
(b) Cowl
(c) Kimono
(d) Anorak

Short Answer Questions

1. Where in Portugal does the television show feature a cathedral?

2. How did the narrator’s wife’s first marriage end?

3. Regarding the view from the train, the narrator says, “going to New York, you should sit” where on the train?

4. What did the narrator’s wife wash down all the pills from the medicine cabinet with while she was at Travis A.F.B.?

5. As the narrator continues his drawing of the cathedral, he comments near the end of the story, “His fingers rode my fingers as my hand went over the paper. It was like” what?

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