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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Storytelling" – "All or Nothing or Something Else".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why would the author's grandmother not eat the meat that was brought to her by the farmer at the end of the war?
(a) She did not eat meat.
(b) She did not trust him.
(c) It was rotten.
(d) It was not kosher.

2. What percentage of American households have at least one pet?
(a) 24%.
(b) 67%.
(c) 95%.
(d) 63%.

3. What question did the author's grandmother ask him when he called to tell her his son had been born?
(a) She asked what his length was.
(b) She asked if he had hair.
(c) She asked whether the labor was easy.
(d) She asked how much he weighed.

4. The author claims in "George" that no one ever had a plush toy shaped like what?
(a) A house.
(b) A tree.
(c) A boy.
(d) A rock.

5. How old does the author say he was when his family fostered a cousin's dog and he kicked it?
(a) Four.
(b) Six.
(c) Two.
(d) Nine.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are dogs still eaten to overcome bad luck?

2. What one recipe does the author describe his grandmother making when he grew up?

3. Who is the author of Man and the Natural World?

4. Where was the author living when he and his wife came upon George?

5. Through what war did the author's grandmother barely survive?

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