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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. To what does Eva compare her beauty in "Eva Is Inside Her Cat"?
(a) A contest.
(b) Art.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Night.

2. What does the girl in "Tuesday Siesta" not have for lunch?
(a) A cookie.
(b) A pancake.
(c) Coffee.
(d) Cheese.

3. What is mentioned as ending the lovers' dreams?
(a) A traffic jam.
(b) A neighbor's shouting.
(c) A spoon.
(d) An alarm clock.

4. For whom did Balthazar make the large bird cage?
(a) José Montiel's son.
(b) The doctor.
(c) Big Mama.
(d) Father Anthony Isabel.

5. How long has the narrator of "Someone" been dead?
(a) Ten years.
(b) Thirty years.
(c) Forty years.
(d) Twenty years.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is mentioned in "Tuesday Siesta" as having been a boxer?

2. How long has the "boy" in "Eva" been dead?

3. In "Someone," what was the girl carrying when she came to the narrator's house?

4. What is outside the door in "Eyes"?

5. How long has the girl in "Someone" been at the narrator's house?

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