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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. How much does the job the narrator applied for under the name, Jean de Daumier-Smith, pay?
(a) $288 a month.
(b) $28 a week.
(c) $28 a day.
(d) $288 a week.

2. Who cuts their finger in the story, Just Before the War with the Eskimos?
(a) Selena's brother.
(b) Ginnie.
(c) Selena.
(d) Ginnie's tennis coach.

3. What is the narrator's most traumatic move in the story, De Daumier-Smith's Blue Period?
(a) Back to New York from Paris.
(b) From New York to Paris.
(c) From New Jersey to Rome.
(d) Back to Paris from New Jersey.

4. What does the Laughing Man subsist on?
(a) Steak and potatoes.
(b) Rice and eagles' blood.
(c) Pork and beans.
(d) Vegetables.

5. Why is Mary Jane's husband sent to jail?
(a) He stabs an M.P..
(b) He steals a car.
(c) He steals money.
(d) He leaves the army without permission.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who talks to Dr. Sivetski about Seymour's condition?

2. Who wins the race back to the house at the end of the story, Down at the Dinghy?

3. What does the narrator see floating in the wind when he gets off the Chief's vehicle to walk home?

4. Who is Eric?

5. Where is the Chief from?

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