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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Down at the Dinghy.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who pays the Chief?
(a) The school.
(b) The parents.
(c) The boys.
(d) The city.

2. Who is Franklin?
(a) Selena's father.
(b) Ginnie's brother.
(c) Selena's brother.
(d) Ginnie's father.

3. How many New York advertising men are staying at the same hotel as Muriel Glass?
(a) 97.
(b) 107.
(c) 57.
(d) 77.

4. Where are Mrs. Snell's matches from?
(a) The Stork Club.
(b) The Front Room.
(c) The Beach Club.
(d) The Beak Club.

5. What does Sybil complain to Seymour about when meeting him on the beach?
(a) Seymour lets another girl sit next to him on the piano bench.
(b) Seymour refuses to teach Sybil how to play the piano.
(c) Seymour doesn't play the piano the night before.
(d) Seymour lets his wife sit next to him on the piano bench.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is getting married soon in the story, Just Before the War with the Eskimos?

2. How does Walt die?

3. Who is Lew?

4. Who is Muriel Glass speaking with on the telephone at the beginning of the story, A Perfect Day for Bananafish?

5. Who is Joan?

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