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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 "Death by Clamshell," what did the mob gouge out?
(a) Her teeth.
(b) Her legs.
(c) Her eyes.
(d) Her nose.

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

3. In "A Dusty Lunch," what does Tig’s family pass down?
(a) Antique lace curtains.
(b) Diaries.
(c) Ancestral silver.
(d) Pearls and jade.

4. In "My Evil Mother" which ritual does the narrator’s mother have her perform?
(a) Reciting bird themed incantations.
(b) Burning her hair.
(c) Collecting frog eyes.
(d) Discarding her toenails.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Death by Clamshell," which one of the following did the mob NOT ridicule Hypatia for?

2. In "My Evil Mother," what creature does the narrator believe her father is?

3. In "A Dusty Lunch," Nell thinks Marty would have been doing what in earlier times?

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

5. In "A Dusty Lunch," what does Nell think about Brig’s letters?

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