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

2. The mother saying she is “immune to cold” (97) is an example of what?
(a) Hyperbole.
(b) Alliteration.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Imagery.

3. In "A Dusty Lunch," what causes Nell to believe that Tig understood his dad?
(a) His note-writing.
(b) His mother's story about their relationship.
(c) His diary.
(d) His thoughtful letter to his departed mother.

4. In "A Dusty Lunch," what happens to Brig in his old age?
(a) He is unable to sleep without white noise.
(b) People start appearing in his apartment.
(c) Cats start following him home.
(d) He gets cancer.

5. In "My Evil Mother," what is the narrator’s fiancé’s reaction to her mother?
(a) Anger.
(b) Pleasure.
(c) Disappointment.
(d) Sadness.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does J.O.B stand for?

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

3. In "A Dusty Lunch," what was the name of Nell’s war-time coffee?

4. In "Death by Clamshell," what did the mob gouge out?

5. In "A Dusty Lunch," which of the following is NOT a poem Brig wrote?

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