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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Tuesday Siesta.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of flower does the protagonist of "The Third Resignation" smell as he is contemplating his decay?
(a) Carnation.
(b) Heliotrope.
(c) Rose.
(d) Hibiscus.

2. In "The Third Resignation," what is the protagonist's "illness"?
(a) Flu.
(b) Death.
(c) Eczema.
(d) Hypochondria.

3. What is described in "Monologue" as a "grey, jellyish substance"?
(a) The sky.
(b) Isabel's rooftop.
(c) The mud.
(d) The sea.

4. How long has the narrator of "Someone" been dead?
(a) Twenty years.
(b) Ten years.
(c) Thirty years.
(d) Forty years.

5. What do the characters in "Night" run into after leaving the bar?
(a) Trees.
(b) Trunks.
(c) A building.
(d) A fence.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the woman in "Bitterness" always "carry"?

2. In "Monologue," who habitually comes to sing?

3. What does José offer to cook the woman?

4. At what other time was the noise present in the protagonist's head in "The Third Resignation"?

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

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