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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 "Mine Field", who are the characters?
(a) Two old women.
(b) A young man and an old man.
(c) A young man and a young woman.
(d) An old man and an old woman.

2. In "One of the Three is Still Alive", where does the survivor emerge from in order to escape?
(a) A sewage drain.
(b) A beaver den.
(c) A cave.
(d) A basement.

3. In "Lazy Sons", who thinks Andrea is cruel?
(a) Pietro's girlfriend.
(b) Andrea.
(c) Andrea's girlfriend.
(d) Pietro.

4. In "The Crow Comes Last", what does the boy become?
(a) A spy.
(b) A priest.
(c) A fisherman.
(d) A sniper.

5. In "Man in the Wasteland", who claims nothing is his fault?
(a) Baciccin's son.
(b) The son.
(c) The father.
(d) Baciccin.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The House of the Beehives", what does the narrator hate?

2. In "Man in the Wasteland", who talks to the boy?

3. In "Hunger at Bevera", who is fighting around the citizens of Bevera?

4. In "Lazy Sons", who doesn't read his books?

5. In "Man in the Wasteland", who holds the gun?

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