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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Araby".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator of "Araby" find in the stall he enters?
(a) Vases and tea sets.
(b) Jewelry.
(c) Paintings.
(d) Copper sculptures.

2. What is the name of the girl the narrator of "Araby" likes?
(a) Kelly.
(b) Miss Mangan.
(c) Frieda.
(d) Miss O'Malley.

3. In "An Encounter," what form of discipline for schoolboys who are caught talking to girls does the old man prefer?
(a) Expulsion.
(b) Whipping.
(c) Lecturing.
(d) Detention.

4. What gift did the narrator's aunt used to give the dead man in "The Sisters"?
(a) Cookies.
(b) Tea.
(c) High Toast snuff.
(d) A cigar.

5. In "The Sisters," Eliza speculates that which object brought about the dead man's demise?
(a) The flask that a friend had given him.
(b) A broken chalice.
(c) A lost rosary.
(d) A tree that was struck by lightning.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the narrator of "Araby" wait every day to see the girl he likes?

2. In the first paragraph of "The Sisters," the narrator states that he will know if his friend is dead because he will see what in the window?

3. On which street does the narrator of "Araby" live?

4. In "An Encounter," where do the boys plan to meet for their day of adventure?

5. In "The Sisters," who helped the dead man's sisters deal with the funeral arrangements?

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