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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Balthazar's Marvelous Afternoon.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long has the "boy" in "Eva" been dead?
(a) Five years.
(b) Fifteen years.
(c) Twelve days.
(d) A month.

2. Where does Eva imagine herself to be after she leaves her body?
(a) In limbo.
(b) Paris.
(c) Inside a jar of jelly.
(d) Underground.

3. What did the woman in "Eyes" write with on the drugstore floor?
(a) Ballpoint pen.
(b) Eye shadow.
(c) Lipstick.
(d) Charcoal.

4. What had previously deterred Eva's appetite for oranges?
(a) The "boy."
(b) Illness.
(c) Penicillin.
(d) A blight.

5. In "Balthazar's Marvelous Afternoon," how old is Balthazar?
(a) Thirty.
(b) Thirty-five.
(c) Twenty-eight.
(d) Twenty-nine.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the "boy" in "Eva" lie?

2. Who wants to buy the bird cage?

3. How many favorite books does Eva have?

4. What time is it at the beginning of "Tuesday Siesta"?

5. What causes Eva's suffering in the beginning of the story?

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