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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Nabo: the Black Man Who Made the Angels Wait.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What causes Eva's suffering in the beginning of the story?
(a) Fear.
(b) Death.
(c) Disease.
(d) Insects.

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

3. What is described in "The Other Side of Death" as having "blue octopuses"?
(a) Illness.
(b) The sea.
(c) Rottenness.
(d) Winter.

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

5. The narrator of "Eyes" has dreamed of the woman as what object?
(a) A statue.
(b) A clock.
(c) A painting.
(d) A cricket.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the protagonist of "The Other Side of Death" imagine having a tumor?

2. In "The Other Side of Death," what "fruit" do the trees bear?

3. By the end of the story, how long has Eva been dead?

4. Where is Nabo in the beginning of "Nabo: The Black Man who Made the Angels Wait"?

5. At the beginning of the story, how long has Nabo been asleep?

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