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

2. What is the only thing Billy wants from William when he visits him at the farm?
(a) To talk about his mother.
(b) To stop talking and give him some gum.
(c) To go across the road and buy him lunch.
(d) To help him get away from the farm.

3. Which of the following is true about the narrator's father?
(a) He throws tantrums.
(b) He spoils the narrator.
(c) He is abusive and violent.
(d) He loves dancing and Northern pretentious.

4. What is it rumored that Billy lost fighting a redneck near Limehouse, SC?
(a) His left eye.
(b) His right pinky finger.
(c) His left ear.
(d) His big toe.

5. What does Gweneth do to the narrator that he laughs at as he remembers it much later?
(a) Kisses.
(b) Hugs.
(c) Laughs.
(d) Smiles.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Billy's enemies feel?

2. Where is William hoping to meet Billy?

3. What is Billy Renfro accomplished at doing?

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

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

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