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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mr. Alleyne's head resemble?
(a) A wolverine's head.
(b) A basketball.
(c) A mushroom.
(d) An egg.

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) Mahony.
(b) Flynn.
(c) Billy Gardiner.
(d) Leo Dillon.

3. Where does Joe buy the purse that he gave to Maria?
(a) New York City.
(b) Belfast.
(c) London.
(d) Dublin.

4. What does Farrington eat after he has his drink?
(a) Some peanuts.
(b) A plate of corned beef and cabbage.
(c) A caraway seed.
(d) Some pretzels.

5. What does Farrington's son offer to do by way of apology for offending Farrington?
(a) Feed the pigs.
(b) Get a job.
(c) Say a Hail Mary.
(d) Rebuild the fire.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "An Encounter," what form of discipline for schoolboys who are caught talking to girls does the old man prefer?

2. How much money does Farrington have left after his drinking binge?

3. What musical instrument does Villona play well?

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

5. The church fathers had written books as large as which book familiar to the narrator of "The Sisters"?

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