2. What does the blind man ask the narrator about the paintings on the walls of the church in the television show?
(a) If they are cubist
(b) If they are oil paintings
(c) If they are modernist
(d) If they are fresco

3. What term, often used to characterize Raymond Carver’s writing, refers to a style in which the seamier or more mundane aspects of ordinary life are presented in unadorned language?
(a) Shocking truth
(b) Dirty realism
(c) Pristine fiction
(d) Authentic virtue

4. What does the blind man instruct the narrator to do after he’s almost completed the drawing of the cathedral?
(a) To open his mind
(b) To say a prayer
(c) To close his mouth
(d) To close his eyes

5. The narrator states after the blind man’s arrival that he’d always thought what “were a must for the blind”?
(a) Walking poles
(b) Dark glasses
(c) Sandals
(d) Scarves

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the blind man ask the narrator after giving prefacing it with, “Hey, listen. I hope you don’t mind my asking you. Can I ask you something? Let me ask you a simple question, yes or no”?

2. What question does the blind man ask the narrator as the narrator begins drawing the cathedral in the story?

3. Where is Travis A.F.B. located?

4. When was Raymond Carver born?

5. Along what river does the narrator describe the train going on the route from his home to New York?

(see the answer key)

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