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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III: Widows (259-266).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What tone is used in "First Aid"?
(a) Scientific and analytical.
(b) Light and sarcastic.
(c) Angry and dismissive.
(d) Intense and serious.

2. In "Metempsychosis," why does Amber/Snail not want coleslaw?
(a) It is too spicy.
(b) The quantity is too large.
(c) The vinegar.
(d) She has a headache.

3. "Airborne" is told from what perspective?
(a) Third person limited omniscient.
(b) Second Person.
(c) First person.
(d) No narration.

4. Which of the following is NOT a near-death experience that Tig and Nell had?
(a) Their smoking setting off fire alarms.
(b) Snake bite.
(c) Chainsaw and ATV accident.
(d) Their canoe tipped.

5. What does the narrator’s mother say when casting spells in "My Evil Mother"?
(a) Woosh.
(b) Point.
(c) Alakazam.
(d) A curse on you.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the first aid instructor suggest Nell buy?

2. In "Impatient Griselda," what do the aliens call mouths?

3. In "Widows," which phrase does Nell deem as Geriatric flirting?

4. Why can Atwood not serve as a medium in "The Dead Interview"?

5. What period does Csilla’s proposed novel take place in?

(see the answer key)

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