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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. By the end of the story, how long has Eva been dead?
(a) A million years.
(b) Three thousand years.
(c) Five minutes.
(d) A year.

2. In "Bitterness," what does the woman say she will never do again?
(a) Smile.
(b) Sing.
(c) Jump rope.
(d) Shout.

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

4. At what other time was the noise present in the protagonist's head in "The Third Resignation"?
(a) The day of his wedding.
(b) The day of his mother's death.
(c) The day of his death.
(d) The day of his birth.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many candles surround the protagonist in "The Third Resignation"?

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

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

4. What "martyrs" Eva?

5. What noise is in the protagonist's room in "The Other Side of Death"?

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