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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Postwar Stories, Section 1. Theft in a Pastry Shop; Dollars and the Demimondaine; & Sleeping Like Dogs.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Man in the Wasteland", the narrator is __.
(a) The boy.
(b) A dog.
(c) Baciccin.
(d) The father.

2. In "Theft in a Pastry Shop", who is still in the pastry shop when the police arrive?
(a) Baby.
(b) Dritto.
(c) Uora-Uora.
(d) A monkey.

3. In "Animal Woods", who tends to confiscate livestock?
(a) Englishman.
(b) Gypsies.
(c) Germans.
(d) Americans.

4. In "The House of the Beehives", what does the narrator do to the dark woman?
(a) Humiliates her in front of the whole town.
(b) Teaches her to live in the forest.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Rapes and murders her.

5. In "Man in the Wasteland", who talks to the boy?
(a) The dog.
(b) Nobody.
(c) Maria-nunziata.
(d) Baciccin.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Crow Comes Last", what does the boy first shoot?

2. In "One of the Three is Still Alive", what does one of the three people land on?

3. In "Dollars and the Demimondaine", how do Emanuele and Jolanda make a living?

4. In "Lazy Sons", what business does the family own?

5. In "Animal Woods", where do the townspeople hide their animals?

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