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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Today Is Friday.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the peasant hang from his dead wife's mouth in "An Alpine Idyll"?
(a) A rope.
(b) A candle.
(c) A lantern.
(d) A pair of boots.

2. How does the narrator explain the man's strange behavior to his friend Guy in the story "Che Ti Dice La Patria?"
(a) He says the man is just excited.
(b) He's says the man is in grief.
(c) He says that the man needs fresh air.
(d) He says it is self preservation.

3. In the story "A Canary For One," what is the name of the hotel that the American woman and the couple have stayed at in the past?
(a) El Verdad.
(b) Tres Couronnes.
(c) Tros Couronnes.
(d) El Stanely.

4. What is the imaginary creature to whom William refers and speaks in "A Pursuit Race"?
(a) A wolf.
(b) A canary.
(c) A cat.
(d) A dragon.

5. What were the officers/soldiers bonded by in the story "In Another Country"?
(a) Blond hair.
(b) Their injuries.
(c) War.
(d) Shame.

Short Answer Questions

1. What time do the two killers arrive to the restaurant in "The Killers"?

2. In "The Killers," who get’s tied up together by the killers?

3. In the story “A Pursuit Race,” what has William Campbell been in a pursuit race with?

4. Where do the three soliders and the narrator often walk to in "In Another Country"?

5. What is the narrator in “Banal Story” eating while he reads “The Forum”?

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