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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Eyes of a Blue Dog.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color is the woman's box in "Eyes of a Blue Dog"?
(a) Mother-of-pearl.
(b) Brown.
(c) White.
(d) Blue.

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

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

4. What word does the protagonist of "Dialogue" struggle to remember?
(a) Synergy.
(b) Eulogy.
(c) Mississippi.
(d) Pandora.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What adjective describes the woman's shoes in "Bitterness"?

2. In "The Third Resignation," what is the protagonist's "illness"?

3. How old is the protagonist of "The Third Resignation"?

4. In "The Third Resignation," what does the character think of as "chasing through the tormented corners of his hot, fever-torn head"?

5. What causes Eva's suffering in the beginning of the story?

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