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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the Mayor's health problem in "One of These Days"?
(a) An abscessed tooth.
(b) A chipped tooth.
(c) Lockjaw.
(d) TMJ.

2. In "A Very Old Man," what does Elisenda think the old man is at first?
(a) A demon.
(b) An angel.
(c) A bat.
(d) A sailor.

3. What is the name of the priest in "A Very Old Man"?
(a) Father Gonzaga.
(b) Father Nicanor.
(c) Father Anthony Isabel.
(d) Father Val.

4. How much admission do Pelayo and Elisenda charge to see the old man?
(a) One gold piece.
(b) One peso.
(c) Five cents.
(d) Thirty pesos.

5. What disease does the old man catch in "A Very Old Man"?
(a) Pneumonia.
(b) Mumps.
(c) Chicken pox.
(d) Bronchitis.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long has it been since the Mayor in "One of These Days" shaved the right side of his face?

2. What does José offer to cook the woman?

3. What does the woman call José?

4. What does José call the woman in "The Woman who Came at Six O'Clock"?

5. In "One of These Days," what is the Mayor supposed to gargle?

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