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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Bitterness for Three Sleepwalkers.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Of what did the protagonist's brother die, as described in "The Other Side of Death"?
(a) Stomach cancer.
(b) A degenerative bone disease.
(c) Flu.
(d) Measles.

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

4. What adjective describes the woman's shoes in "Bitterness"?
(a) Weightless.
(b) Bleached.
(c) Leonine.
(d) Linear.

5. What is the woman in "Bitterness" afraid of?
(a) Mice.
(b) Spiders.
(c) Open spaces.
(d) Distances.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Bitterness," what does the woman say she will never do again?

2. What is described in "The Other Side of Death" as having "blue octopuses"?

3. How many favorite books does Eva have?

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

5. In "The Third Resignation," what object is in the protagonist's coffin?

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