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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "The Story of a Dead Man".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when Billy goes into the general store to buy an orange soda?
(a) The owner refuses to serve him.
(b) He is kidnapped and held captive for a month.
(c) He dies in a gunfight.
(d) He holds up the owner of the store.

2. What two things resurrect the narrator's memory of Gweneth?
(a) Jangles and Brooklyn.
(b) Lemon and country music.
(c) Square dancing and spurs.
(d) May poles and laughter.

3. What does the narrator believe Mrs. Boswell is encouraging him to challenge?
(a) Stereotypes of men.
(b) Her teachings and rules.
(c) Leon's leadership.
(d) His father's rigid beliefs.

4. Who does Mrs. Boswell use as her foil when telling the boys how to find wives?
(a) Leon.
(b) Gloria.
(c) Clarence.
(d) The narrator.

5. Where is William hoping to meet Billy?
(a) Harper's farm.
(b) South Carolina.
(c) Houston.
(d) Chicago.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the father of the girl Billy impregnates insist?

2. How many years is Billy at the farm before he is paroled?

3. What is Harper's farm?

4. Where does Leon get the impression that Gweneth likes to hear boys blow their own horns?

5. Why does the narrator want to go back to square dancing?

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