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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, The Failure of Syntax, Fables 3 - 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to the moth at the end of "Round in Circles"?
(a) He dies.
(b) He wins a medal.
(c) He saves the cat.
(d) He opens the window.

2. What happens to the person the man encounters on the bridge?
(a) She finds her mother.
(b) He dies.
(c) He is a ghost.
(d) She marries.

3. What is the other animal in "Round in Circles" trying to get out of?
(a) A pond.
(b) A cage.
(c) A bag.
(d) A window.

4. What does communication depend on in "The Failure of Syntax"?
(a) Hand gestures.
(b) Sign language.
(c) Emotional context.
(d) Grammar.

5. When, in "Projection", do Billy's parents decide to take him to a doctor?
(a) When he is in a car accident.
(b) When he draws spilled organs.
(c) When he refuses to eat vegetables.
(d) When he is expelled.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Bridge" what must the man do so he won't lose a long awaited opportunity?

2. Who is the first family in "Raising Cain: A Case History of the First Family"?

3. What challenge did Edwin H. Friedman face in writing his fables?

4. What is the lamb's friends' advice at the end of ""The Friendly Forest"?

5. Who does the author claim he feels protective over in the Prologue?

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