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

2. In "A Dusty Lunch," what was Brig’s father’s job?
(a) Lawyer.
(b) CEO.
(c) Accountant.
(d) Doctor.

3. What does the most alarming portrait of Hypatia look like?
(a) She is an elderly woman.
(b) She is glowing white with exposed body parts.
(c) She is a young girl with a velvet dress.
(d) She is greenish white with floor length hair.

4. In "Death by Clamshell," who was Hypatia?
(a) A Roman mathematician and philosopher.
(b) A wealthy member of the royal court.
(c) A Portugese servant to the king.
(d) A Grecian princess and artist.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Death by Clamshell," how is Hypatia killed?

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

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

4. In "My Evil Mother," what is the narrator’s relationship with her mother like?

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

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