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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Jean not come home one night in "Runaway," much to Jeannette's distress?
(a) He is visiting another lover.
(b) He is hoping she will make a move on Pierre.
(c) He is trying to find Jeannette's mother so she can take her home.
(d) He is making plans to leave the country.

2. Though she refuses to engage in intercourse, what does Lina continually attempt to do to the narrator?
(a) Preach abstinence.
(b) Watch her make love to different men.
(c) Seduce her.
(d) Spy on her while she bathes.

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

4. How does Laura initially describe the animal she sees near the first image on the ceiling?
(a) Piglike.
(b) Burly.
(c) Hairy.
(d) Wolflike.

5. To what are the girls compared as they run away from Manuel?
(a) Monkeys.
(b) Cats.
(c) Birds.
(d) Mice.

Short Answer Questions

1. While using the toilet, why does Manuel leave the door to the bathroom open while the girls are in his apartment?

2. What attribute of Faye's purchase for the party lingers on her?

3. In Laura's mind during "the Chanchiquito," what forms images on the ceiling?

4. At her wedding to Robert, what haunts Dorothy?

5. How does the painter know Bijou has been faithless?

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