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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Blacaman the Good, Vendor of Miracles.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what is the noise compared in "The Third Resignation"?
(a) A tornado.
(b) A jackhammer.
(c) A barking dog.
(d) A beehive.

2. To what does Eva compare her beauty in "Eva Is Inside Her Cat"?
(a) Night.
(b) Cancer.
(c) A contest.
(d) Art.

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

4. How does the woman in "Bitterness" wear her hair?
(a) Permed.
(b) Braided.
(c) In a ponytail.
(d) Cut short.

5. How long have the men in "Night" been lost?
(a) Five days.
(b) Three days.
(c) A month.
(d) Two months.

Short Answer Questions

1. What killed Nabo?

2. What does José call the woman in "The Woman who Came at Six O'Clock"?

3. How old is Father Anthony Isabel?

4. What animal is infesting Pelayo's house at the beginning of "A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings"?

5. In "The Last Voyage," what color is the lantern's light that guides the ghost ship?

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