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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Someone," what was the girl carrying when she came to the narrator's house?
(a) A gramophone.
(b) A saxophone.
(c) A kitten.
(d) A suitcase.

2. What is outside the door in "Eyes"?
(a) Open landscape.
(b) The ocean.
(c) A soccer stadium.
(d) A forest.

3. What biblical characters are referenced in "The Other Side of Death"?
(a) Jesus and Paul.
(b) Abraham and Sarah.
(c) Jonah and the whale.
(d) Isaac and Rebecca.

4. Where does the protagonist of "The Other Side of Death" imagine having a tumor?
(a) His pancreas.
(b) His brain.
(c) His toe.
(d) His skin.

5. What is the only word the girl in "Nabo" knows?
(a) Pandora.
(b) Sky.
(c) Nabo.
(d) Hello.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color is the woman's box in "Eyes of a Blue Dog"?

2. At what age did the protagonist of "Montiel's Widow" marry José Montiel?

3. The narrator of "Eyes" has dreamed of the woman as what object?

4. Of what form of transportation does the protagonist dream in "The Other Side of Death"?

5. What is described in "Monologue" as a "grey, jellyish substance"?

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