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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Runaway.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When looking at the new apartments, what is the first sound that indicates the rooms are located across from a school?
(a) Schoolboys fighting.
(b) Schoolgirls shouting at recess.
(c) A nun's whistle.
(d) A schoolbell.

2. In what state of dress is Miriam when she calls Mandra in to her room to keep her company?
(a) Naked.
(b) Only lingerie.
(c) Nearly dressed save for her shirt.
(d) Fully dressed.

3. Describe the relationship between the aristocratic woman and her lawyer in "The Chanchiquito."
(a) Dignified flirtation.
(b) Mutual hatred.
(c) Strained familial relations.
(d) Siblings.

4. How does Rango help Hilda overcome her learned responses to sex?
(a) He corrects her every move.
(b) He sleeps with her whenever he wants.
(c) He allows her to initiate sex.
(d) He arouses her but forces her to wait to make love.

5. Why is Manuel unhappy with the rooms he and his wife rent in the beginning of this story?
(a) It is too far away from his job.
(b) There are too many roaches.
(c) It reminds him of his childhood home.
(d) There is not enough light to paint.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sort of woman does the painter of "The Queen" claim gives him the most pleasure?

2. What does Hilda discover she must do with the American writer whenever she wants to have sex?

3. Besides Robert, how does Edna find her self-confidence again?

4. Despite having broken through her frigidness with Donald, what does Dorothy discover about her love life with Robert?

5. Why does Dorothy begin to have an affair with Donald?

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