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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III: Old Babes in the Wood (291-308).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Airborne," what is the title of Leonie’s book?
(a) Political Reprisals.
(b) Airborne.
(c) Thermidor.
(d) Lobster Monday.

2. In "Bad Teeth," Csilla has no need for what?
(a) Friends.
(b) Lemon Juice.
(c) A vacation.
(d) Good food.

3. How is John’s wife described in "Two Scorched Men"?
(a) Neurotic.
(b) Small and lanky.
(c) Skeptical yet sane.
(d) Young and beautiful.

4. In "Wooden Box," what does Tig no longer care for in his old age?
(a) Hiking.
(b) Politicians.
(c) Paying taxes.
(d) Nature.

5. In "Airborne," what does Myrna complain about?
(a) A disgruntled lover.
(b) A toaster.
(c) Her magenta hair.
(d) Her loose tooth.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Widows," what is the tone of Nell's first/longer letter to Stevie?

2. What does Nell do with her manuscript in "Morte De Smudgie"?

3. In "Death by Clamshell," what happened to the men who hurt Hypatia in the afterlife?

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

5. In "The Dead Interview," what does Orwell think is risky during extreme times?

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