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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. What perspective is used in "My Evil Mother"?
(a) Second person.
(b) Third person.
(c) First person.
(d) Omniscient narration.

2. 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) Say a prayer and give nail clippings to a fairy.
(c) Rub an orange on her stretch marks and eat placenta.
(d) Draw a circle of salt around her.

3. In "My Evil Mother," what is the narrator’s relationship with her mother like?
(a) Angry and full of hatred
(b) Devastating and sad.
(c) They’re best friends.
(d) Strained but loving.

4. In "A Dusty Lunch," what was the name of Nell’s war-time coffee?
(a) No name.
(b) Nescafe.
(c) Instant Postum.
(d) Military beans.

5. In "A Dusty Lunch," how did Brig’s wife die?
(a) Childbirth.
(b) Throat cancer.
(c) Ulcer.
(d) Kidney stones.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "My Evil Mother," what is the narrator’s fiancé’s reaction to her mother?

2. Who is Miss Scace?

3. Hypatia claims her attackers were deeply concerned with what?

4. In "My Evil Mother," what reason does the narrator’s father give for leaving?

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

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