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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. Why does Mrs. Boswell tell Leon he cannot go out to dance?
(a) He was too rude and mean to the narrator.
(b) He doesn't know the steps.
(c) He makes to much noise.
(d) He has razors on his shoes.

2. What does the father of the girl Billy impregnates insist?
(a) He disappear never to return.
(b) He move in with the both of them.
(c) He feed the baby for 21 years.
(d) He marry the girl.

3. Why does the narrator's father refuse to write him another note?
(a) He thinks it will help him get over Gweneth.
(b) He is tired of the boy changing his mind.
(c) He does not want him singing.
(d) He spent a lot of money on his outfit.

4. What is Billy's job at Dillingham Automotives, Inc.?
(a) Tracking down blacks who default on their car loans.
(b) Getting the cars ready to be picked up.
(c) Selling cars to blacks.
(d) Keeping the cars and the car lot safe.

5. What does May Day mean each year?
(a) A celebration plaiting the maypole and square dancing.
(b) A jitterbbugging contest.
(c) An explanation of the historical event.
(d) A rebellion of all that is Northern.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Harper's farm?

2. Which of the following characters dismisses country music as a valid art form?

3. How long after Billy goes to work for Dillingham does the meeting in Chicago occur?

4. What is it rumored that Billy lost fighting a redneck near Limehouse, SC?

5. What two things resurrect the narrator's memory of Gweneth?

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