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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III: A Dusty Lunch (228-258).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "My Evil Mother," what does the narrator’s mother suggest after the birth of her first child?
(a) Make peace with the frog on her window.
(b) Rub an orange on her stretch marks and eat placenta.
(c) Draw a circle of salt around her.
(d) Say a prayer and give nail clippings to a fairy.

2. In "A Dusty Lunch," what type of dancing did Brig do?
(a) Swing.
(b) Tap.
(c) Hip-hop.
(d) Charleston.

3. In "Death by Clamshell," how is Hypatia killed?
(a) Burned to death.
(b) Eaten alive.
(c) Stoned until she passed out.
(d) Flayed alive by clamshells.

4. Hypatia claims her attackers were deeply concerned with what?
(a) The truth.
(b) Symbolism.
(c) Hyperbole.
(d) Audience.

5. In "A Dusty Lunch," Nell thinks Marty would have been doing what in earlier times?
(a) Married with seven children.
(b) Running a Midwestern farm.
(c) Unhappily working.
(d) Grieving a lover.

Short Answer Questions

1. The mother saying she is “immune to cold” (97) is an example of what?

2. In "A Dusty Lunch," what happens to Brig in his old age?

3. In "My Evil Mother" why does the mother want the narrator to break up with her boyfriend?

4. How old is the narrator at the beginning of "My Evil Mother"?

5. In "A Dusty Lunch," how did Brig’s wife die?

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