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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Just Right" - "Miss Adele Amidst the Corsets".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What object is described in "Use Transitions" from "Parents' Morning Epiphany"?
(a) A magnifying glass.
(b) A rabbit.
(c) A clock.
(d) A turtle.

2. What does the daughter say "words are" to her mother in "The Dialectic" (4)?
(a) "False."
(b) "Cheap."
(c) "Harsh."
(d) "Disguises."

3. What is said to be "a better metaphor for what happens than roads not taken or branches unsprouted" in "Sentimental Education" (11)?
(a) "A dog choking on a chicken bone."
(b) "A shoe falling silently on an abandoned rooftop."
(c) "Blind worms churning mud through their bodies."
(d) "Waves crashing against an endless beach."

4. In what type of show does Donovan perform with his family?
(a) A minstrel show.
(b) A mime show.
(c) A puppet show.
(d) A magic show.

5. What does Donovan tell his mother Cassie does all the time on her weekends in the end of "Just Right"?
(a) Plays hopscotch.
(b) Watches television.
(c) Reads.
(d) Plays chess.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Donovan's neighbor that has a soda-stream?

2. Where does the narrator in "Downtown" describe going to "chew on some tough schnitzel and get blasted till the early hours" (84)?

3. According to Donovan's teacher, who went to see the show his family performs last weekend and liked it a lot, in "Just Right"?

4. Darryl and Leon had been friends since what age, according to the narrative in "Sentimental Education"?

5. Where has the eldest boy gone, according to the narrator in the beginning of "The Dialectic"?

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