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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) Married with seven children.
(b) Grieving a lover.
(c) Unhappily working.
(d) Running a Midwestern farm.

2. In "My Evil Mother," what creature does the narrator believe her father is?
(a) Centaur.
(b) Unicorn.
(c) Garden gnome.
(d) Fairy.

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

4. Who is Miss Scace?
(a) A witch, the mother's nemesis, and a gym teacher.
(b) The mother’s nemesis.
(c) A gym teacher.
(d) A witch.

5. In "A Dusty Lunch," which of the following is NOT a poem Brig wrote?
(a) A Shot in the Dark 1948.
(b) The Wehrmacht 1945.
(c) A Wish.
(d) The Reichswald.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Death by Clamshell," why was Hypatia killed?

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

3. In "My Evil Mother" which ritual does the narrator’s mother have her perform?

4. What does the most alarming portrait of Hypatia look like?

5. In "Death by Clamshell," who was Hypatia?

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