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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through De Daumier-Smith's Blue Period.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does The Laughing Man speak to in the forest?
(a) His best friend.
(b) All of the animals.
(c) His neighbors.
(d) The trees.

2. How does the narrator in the story, For Esme - with Love and Squalor, receive the wedding invitation?
(a) By air mail.
(b) By phone.
(c) By e-mail.
(d) By telegram.

3. What does Lionel promise his mother recently?
(a) To learn how to sail.
(b) To eat more vegetables.
(c) Not to run away anymore.
(d) To listen to Sandra.

4. Ginnie dreams that a servant gives _____ out instead of tomato juice at dinner.
(a) Chicken sandwiches.
(b) Tennis rackets.
(c) Tennis balls.
(d) Coffee.

5. Who is Akim Tmiroff?
(a) A friend of Eloise.
(b) Mary Jane's ex-husband.
(c) Romona's neighbor.
(d) A movie actor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who cuts their finger in the story, Just Before the War with the Eskimos?

2. What does Seymour want to hunt for in the water with Sybil?

3. Why is Mary Jane's husband sent to jail?

4. Why does Bobby move the family to Paris?

5. What does Sybil complain to Seymour about when meeting him on the beach?

(see the answer key)

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