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

2. In "Impatient Griselda," how do the humans receive the alien’s jokes?
(a) Hate them.
(b) Find them comforting.
(c) Find them hilarious.
(d) Do not understand them.

3. What does the alien look like in "Impatient Griselda"?
(a) A snail.
(b) A green martian.
(c) A silver, big eyed creature.
(d) An octopus.

4. In "Freeforall," how is the disease spread?
(a) Via blood.
(b) Airborne.
(c) Unknown.
(d) Moist contact.

5. In "Morte De Smudgie," how many cats did Tig and Nell own?
(a) 2.
(b) 1.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Widows," why does Nell not send her letter to Stevie?

2. In "Metempsychosis," how does Amber/Snail tolerate Tyler's lovemaking?

3. In "Death by Clamshell," what did the mob gouge out?

4. When the snails says: "spare me! I am part of an ecosystem," (172) that is an example of what?

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

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