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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "The Boarding House".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The church fathers had written books as large as which book familiar to the narrator of "The Sisters"?
(a) Post Office Directory.
(b) War and Peace.
(c) The Oxford English Dictionary.
(d) Les Miserables.

2. What is the name of the boy from "An Encounter" who plans to go on the adventure but does not end up meeting the other boys?
(a) Flynn.
(b) Leo Dillon.
(c) Mahony.
(d) Billy Gardiner.

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

4. What expensive gift did the girlfriend once give Corley?
(a) A bottle of very old wine.
(b) A car.
(c) A pocketwatch.
(d) Two cigars.

5. What is Araby?
(a) A school.
(b) A village by the sea.
(c) A bazaar.
(d) A holiday.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what month does "Two Gallants" take place?

2. Of what did the dead man in "The Sisters" die?

3. In "The Boarding House," where does Mr. Doran work?

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

5. What game do the men play at the end of "After the Race"?

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