This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Wedding Reception Was So Extraordinary or It All Goes Downhill After the Wedding, 1941; The Dupe of Chance, 1941-1924; The Thickness of Blood and Drama, 1934; Letter Dated 12 December 1997; What We Saw When We Saw Trachimbrod or Falling in Love.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who says "I mount the autobus for an hour to work all day doing things I hate. You want to know why? It is for you . . . One day you will do things for me that you hate. That is what it means to be a family" (2)?
(a) Alex's mother.
(b) Alex.
(c) Alex's grandfather.
(d) Alex's father.

2. What is the relationship between "The Dial" and Safran?
(a) The Dial is Safran's good luck charm.
(b) The Dial is Safran's great-great-great grandfather.
(c) The Dial is a tradition and nothing else.
(d) The Dial is Safran's father.

3. What does Alex think the limp arm symbolizes?
(a) Death.
(b) Strength.
(c) Weakness.
(d) Life.

4. What does Grandfather say to the woman they meet in "Falling in Love" that is out of character?
(a) "You are stupid."
(b) "You are brave."
(c) "You are very beautiful."
(d) "You are a liar."

5. How does Alex feel about Safran having sex with older women and women who are not his wife?
(a) He wants to be like Safran.
(b) He thinks it makes Safran sound like a superior person.
(c) He thinks it is strange.
(d) He thinks it makes Safran sound like an inferior person.