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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is McGuire A.F.B. located?
(a) Kansas
(b) California
(c) New Jersey
(d) Georgia

2. Where in Portugal does the television show feature a cathedral?
(a) Coimbra
(b) Mira
(c) Pombal
(d) Lisbon

3. In what year was “Cathedral” chosen to appear in The Best American Short Stories?
(a) 1987
(b) 1975
(c) 1982
(d) 1991

4. What does the narrator do when the blind man says after the drawing is complete, “Take a look. What do you think?”
(a) He keeps his eyes closed
(b) He begins to weep
(c) He looks at the drawing
(d) He calls for his wife

5. When the blind man smokes his second hit of marijuana, the narrator says, “It was like he’d been doing this since he was” how old?
(a) Twelve years old
(b) Nine years old
(c) Five years old
(d) Sixteen years old

Short Answer Questions

1. By what familyar nickname does the blind man call the narrator?

2. When was Raymond Carver born?

3. What are in the bottom of the shopping bag that the narrator gathers for the blind man at night?

4. What does the narrator describe as “little statues carved to look like monsters”?

5. What did the blind man ask the narrator’s wife if he could do on her last day working for him?

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